ブラジル・パンタナル火災

　ブラジルの湿地帯、パンタナル。どうも例年より早く野火の季節がやってきて、えらいこと燃えているそうな。

BBC Wildfires threaten unique Brazil ecosystem　5 days ago
By Vanessa Buschschlüter

　ジャガーをはじめとする動物たちの楽園―のはずなのだが、ここ最近、えらいこと燃えてる。3万2千ヘクタールも焼けたという。

「Firefighters are battling wildfires in Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland.

The Pantanal is home to jaguars, giant anteaters and giant river otters.

Close to 32,000 hectares have already been destroyed by the fires in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, local media report.」

「Climate experts say this year's wildfire season has started earlier and is more intense than in previous years.」

　例年より早く、かつ強力な野火たち。30％ものPantanalに被害が出た2020年よりも厳しいとか。

「The number of fires so far in 2024 is the highest since 2020, which was the worst year on record in terms of Pantanal fires.

In that year, about 30% of the Pantanal was consumed by fire.」

「Between 1 January and 9 June 2023, 127 fires had been reported. In the same period this year, that number was 1,315.」

　昨年同時期比（6/9まで）、127対1315。これは―もう、壊滅的な数字と言うべきでしょうね。