Fires ravaging world’s largest wetland and large parts of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil

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Thousands of blazes are sweeping across the Brazilian Pantanal, charring more than 10 per cent of the world's largest wetland since mid-July 2020. Though ecologically vital, the Pantanal is smaller and less known than its famous cousin, the Amazon rainforest, which is also being devastated by wildfires this year.