00:06The Brazilian Amazon State of Pará has declared a 120-day environmental emergency as over 5,000
00:13wildfires burned amid a severe drought. Satellite data from Brazil's National
00:18Institute for Space Research indicates that more than 5,000 fire outbreaks have been
00:24recorded in Pará so far in November, nearly matching the total for the entire month last
00:30year, with nearly 700 places active over the past 48 hours. Satellite has warned that extreme drought
00:38conditions linked to the El Niño climate phenomenon have dried out vegetation, certain local communities,
00:45tropical ecosystems and productive activities across a state of 8.7 billion inhabitants.
00:51The emergency decree bans the use of fire to clear pasture land and unlocks additional resources
00:59to extinguish active places and protect the world's largest tropical rainforest.
