{"id":170197,"date":"2020-10-12T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=170197"},"modified":"2020-10-10T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T09:33:02","slug":"fires-raze-nearly-half-of-indigenous-territories-in-brazils-pantanal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/10\/fires-raze-nearly-half-of-indigenous-territories-in-brazils-pantanal\/","title":{"rendered":"Fires Raze Nearly Half of Indigenous Territories in Brazil\u2019s Pantanal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brazil-fire-pantanal-indigenous-amazon.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brazil-fire-pantanal-indigenous-amazon-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brazil-fire-pantanal-indigenous-amazon-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brazil-fire-pantanal-indigenous-amazon-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brazil-fire-pantanal-indigenous-amazon-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brazil-fire-pantanal-indigenous-amazon.png 1339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Data indicate that some of the fires began on private land that was supposed to have been conserved, before spreading to Indigenous territories and state and national parks.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Indigenous people say the fires \u201ccame from outside\u201d and \u201cdestroyed everything,\u201d including the food and medicinal plants that form an important part of their culture.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Firefighting officials say there was ample warning about a higher-than-average number of fires this year, but budget cuts and a delay in hiring dashed any chance of efforts to prevent the burning.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>This year\u2019s surge in the number and extent of fires comes amid a plunge in the number of fines imposed by the Brazilian government for environmental crimes, including those related to burning and deforestation.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_170201\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170201\" class=\"wp-image-170201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous-1024x593.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-170201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indigenous people reported that Tadarimana land, near Rondon\u00f3polis and outside the Pantanal, suffered earlier from the fires. People had to go there when the fires hit the land Tereza Cristina, in August and September.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>6 <em>Oct 2020 &#8211;<\/em> In September, 164 fires were recorded across Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Pantanal, the world\u2019s biggest wetland. In August, there were more than 200. Nearly half of the certified Indigenous areas in the region have already been subject to fires that cut off villages, destroyed homes and farms, and sent community members to hospital for respiratory problems.<\/p>\n<p>These are the findings of a study carried out by Ag\u00eancia P\u00fablica, an investigative journalism outlet, based on satellite date from INPE, the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research. The study analyzed all fire outbreaks reported in the Pantanal this year and showed that the number began increasing at the end of July but really took off in August and September: 72% of all the fires so far this year occurred in these two months.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite data also revealed that in some of the areas hardest hit by the fires, the burning first appeared \u2014 and multiplied \u2014 on private properties before spreading to the Indigenous territories. Some fires began inside legal reservation areas and native forest on private properties that are supposed to be protected by law and conserved.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170202\" style=\"width: 657px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous2.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170202\" class=\"size-large wp-image-170202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous2-647x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous2-647x1024.png 647w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous2-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous2-768x1216.png 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous2-970x1536.png 970w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous2-1293x2048.png 1293w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pantanal-brazil-forest-fire-amazon-indigenous2.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-170202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The case of the Guat\u00f3 territory is an example of how outbreaks can start on private properties and then spread to Indigenous territories and conservation areas. At the beginning of August, there were almost no fires north of the Guat\u00f3 land. But soon fires began to be reported in the legal reserves and native forests lying on private properties north of the Indigenous Guat\u00f3 territory.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2020\/10\/fires-raze-nearly-half-of-indigenous-territories-in-brazils-pantanales\/\" >CONTINUE READING IN THE ORIGINAL &#8211; mongabay.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Oct 2020 &#8211; In September, 164 fires were recorded across Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Pantanal, the world\u2019s biggest wetland. In August, there were more than 200. Nearly half of the certified Indigenous areas in the region have already been subject to fires that cut off villages, destroyed homes and farms, and sent community members to hospital for respiratory problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":170198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[536,1176,547,239,1690,686,550,794,401,1393,993,1797,487,866,541,846,1200,1255,329,92],"class_list":["post-170197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","tag-amazonia","tag-bolsonaro","tag-brazil","tag-brics","tag-cattle-and-ranch-farmers","tag-climate-change","tag-corruption","tag-deforestation","tag-environment","tag-forest-fires","tag-global-warming","tag-greenpeace","tag-human-rights","tag-indigenous-rights","tag-latin-america-caribbean","tag-meat-industry","tag-natures-rights","tag-rain-forests","tag-resources","tag-violent-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}