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Wildfires and drought in Brazil - what does it mean for the Amazon?

And what wildlife is at risk in the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal areas?

Huge parts of Brazil are on fire. And it’s not just the drier areas. It’s the wetlands and the rainforests, too. Smoke from the fires can even be seen from space. Brazil has long struggled with wildfires, but they’re getting harder to control. And on top of this, Brazil is also experiencing its worst drought since records began 70 years ago.

Leandro Prazeres, a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reporter in the capital, Brasilia, explains how bad it is right now and what’s caused the fires. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Brasil reporter Giulia Granchi tells us about the wildlife in the affected areas; the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado savannah and the Pantanal wetlands.

And Patricia Zanella, a gender activist who represented the Brazilian government’s youth delegation at COP last year tells us what she wants to see from her leaders to tackle these wildfires.

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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: Julia Ross-Roy and Gabriela Boccaccio
Editor: Verity Wilde

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