Seminarian-turned-fire-agent preaches new tactics to fight Amazon’s burn crisis

Mongabay
Jan 28, 2026, 5:46 pm176 pts
ACARÁ, Brazil — In August 2024, a wildfire broke out in Acará, a rural municipality in Brazil’s eastern Amazon state of Pará. Local civil defense coordinator Edson Abreu dos Santos, 48, knew he had to act quickly. Acará has no fire brigade, no water trucks, no firefighting drones and no helicopters. And…

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