At roughly 200,000 square kilometers, the Pantanal comprises about 3% of the globe's wetlands and plays a key role in the carbon cycle. An aerial view of fires in the Pantanal, near the Transpantaneira park road which crosses the world's largest tropical wetland, on September 12, 2020. A recently-burned area of the Encontro das Aguas park in the Pantanal wetlands, pictured on September 12, 2020. Out of control forest fire burns the area of the Brazilian Pantanal in rural Mato Grosso. The government eventually recognized the Pantanal fires as a federal emergency and sent funding into the area, but for many, this was too little, too late.

Source: CNN November 13, 2020 10:07 UTC