Amazzonia, incendi 2020 +61% rispetto all'anno precedente: record decennale

Dati allarmanti che hanno fatto segnare alla foresta pluviale il peggior record degli ultimi 10 anni, in un contesto ulteriormente aggravato dalla siccità persistente

A volunteer combats a fire and tries to protect one of the 119 wooden bridges alond the Transpantaneira park road which crosses the Pantanal, world's largest tropical wetland, in Mato Grosso State, Brazil, on September 13, 2020. - The Pantanal, a region famous for its wildlife, is suffering its worst fires in more than 47 years, destroying vast areas of vegetation and causing death of animals caught in the fire or smoke. (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP) (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Rispetto al settembre 2019, in Amazzonia gli incendi sono aumentati in un anno del 61%, un record negativo che rende ancor più grave la situazione

Firefighters from the Mato Grosso State Department work to put out a wild fire in the Porto Jofre region in the wetlands of the Pantanal near the Transpantaneira park road in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on September 14, 2020. - The Pantanal, a region famous for its wildlife, is suffering its worst fires in more than 47 years, destroying vast areas of vegetation and causing death of animals caught in the fire or smoke. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP) (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Il dato allarmante è stato ricavato dalle immagini satellitari dell'agenzia spaziale Inpe che il mese scorso ha rilevato oltre 32 mila focolai accesi e un aumento medio degli incendi del 13% nei primi 9 mesi del 2020

POCONE, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 25: An aerial view of a fire burning next to the Transpantaneira, a road that crosses the Pantanal on September 25, 2020 in Pocone, Brazil. Pantanal is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul and is the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. The region is considered by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage and Biosphere Reserve. Since the beginning of September, more than 5,000 fires have been registered. The main cause of the induced fires is the livestock activity to transform the region into pastures. The biome has been going through four months of drought, which makes fire control difficult. The situation severely affects the local fauna and flora, which consists of thousands of species, some even endangered. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

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Mentre nel 2019 gli incendi scoppiati ad agosto sono nettamente diminuiti a settembre, l’Inpe ha mostrato che invece nel 2020 il picco è durato due mesi, superando ogni record mai registrato nell'ultimo decennio

The remains of an animal are seen surrounded of burnt vegetation at the Transpantaneira park road, in the Pantanal wetlands, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on September 16, 2020. - Pantanal is suffering its worst fires in more than 47 years, destroying vast areas of vegetation and causing death of animals caught in the fire or smoke. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel / AFP) (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

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La drammatica situazione dell'Amazzonia non riguarda solo il Brasile poiché la foresta pluviale copre altri 9 Paesi

A dead animal lies in a burnt area beside the Transpantaneira park road, wetland of Pantanal in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on September 16, 2020. - Pantanal is suffering its worst fires in more than 47 years, destroying vast areas of vegetation and causing death of animals caught in the fire or smoke. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel / AFP) (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Settembre 2020 è stato un mese particolarmente negativo per l’Amazzonia

A tree on fire is seen at the wetland of Pantanal, Transpantaneira park road in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on September 17, 2020. - Pantanal is suffering its worst fires in more than 47 years, destroying vast areas of vegetation and causing the death of animals caught in the fire or smoke. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP) (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Secondo un'analisi della Amazon Conservation, in questo mese si è verificato circa il 62% dei principali incendi rispetto a solo il 15% ad agosto

Inmates and correctional officers look at a plane flying over them to throw water on fires at the wetlands of the Pantanal, near Transpantaneira park road in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on September 17, 2020. - The Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, is being devastated by record wildfires which are destroying vast areas of vegetation and threatening wildlife. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP) (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

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L'Amazzonia sta vivendo una stagione secca più severa rispetto al 2019, attribuita parzialmente dagli scienziati al riscaldamento nell'Oceano Atlantico settentrionale tropicale che allontana l'umidità dal Sudamerica

Farm workers and Mato Grosso State firefighters open a line of defense to fight a fire in the wetlands of the Pantanal, near Transpantaneira park road in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on September 17, 2020. - The Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, is being devastated by record wildfires which are destroying vast areas of vegetation and threatening wildlife. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP) (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tra le aree più colpite dal riscaldamento e dagli incendi c'è anche il Pantanal brasiliano, la più vasta zona umida del pianeta, che nel 2020 è andata in fumo come mai prima d’ora

TOPSHOT - A Forest Guardians member fights the fires in a burning area of the forest in Alto Rio Guama, east of Belem, Para, Brazil on September 17, 2020. - An Indigenous group called the Forest Guardians are fighting forest fires encroaching on their land with basic equipment. (Photo by JOAO PAULO GUIMARAES / AFP) (Photo by JOAO PAULO GUIMARAES/AFP via Getty Images)

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Secondo uno strumento di monitoraggio degli incendi finanziato in parte dall'agenzia spaziale statunitense, la Nasa, sono 28.892 gli incendi attualmente attivi