Ministry declares environmental emergency due to risk of forest fires
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Minister Marina Silva, of the Environment and Climate Change, will declare a state of environmental emergency in several regions of the country, starting on the 14th, due to the risk of forest fires.
In the ordinance signed on March 3 and published earlier this week in the Official Gazette (see full text), Marina establishes the critical situation in stages as of April, lasting until February 2024.
The red alert for the risk of forest fires comes days after the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) points out a record deforestation for the month of February since the beginning of the historical series, in 2016. According to data from the Deter system, there were 290.75 km² deforested, against the 198.67 km² recorded as the highest previous mark, last year (see in full).
See below which are the regions of the country that enter a state of environmental emergency in the coming months:
April to November 2023:
- Acre, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Tocantins, São Paulo and the Federal District;
- Amazonas: Southwest Amazonense and South Amazonense mesoregions;
- Bahia: Extremo Oeste Baiano and Vale São-Franciscan da Bahia mesoregions;
- Minas Gerais: Jequitinhonha, Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, Norte de Minas, Oeste de Minas, Vale do Mucuri, Vale do Rio Doce, Campo das Vertentes, Central Mineira, Northwest of Minas, South/Southwest of Minas and Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba mesoregions ;
- Piauí: Southeast Piauiense mesoregion.
May to December 2023:
- Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná;
- Amazonas: Central Amazonense and North Amazonense mesoregions;
- Maranhão: Centro Maranhense, Leste Maranhense, Norte Maranhense and Sul Maranhense mesoregions;
- Minas Gerais: Zona da Mata mesoregion;
- Pará: mesoregions Baixo Amazonas, Marajó, Metropolitana de Belém, Southeast Pará and Southwest Pará;
- Piauí, the Central-North Piauiense, North Piauiense and Southwest Piauiense mesoregions.
June 2023 to January 2024:
- Amapá and Ceará;
- Bahia: Central North Bahia and Central South Bahia mesoregions;
- Maranhão: West Maranhense mesoregion;
- Pará: Northeast Paraense mesoregion;
- Pernambuco: São Francisco Pernambucano and Sertão Pernambucano mesoregions.
July 2023 to February 2024:
- Pernambuco: Agreste Pernambucano, Mata Pernambucana and Metropolitana de Recife mesoregions.
September 2023 to April 2024:
- Roraima;
- Bahia: Metropolitana de Salvador, Northeast Bahia and South Bahia mesoregions.
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