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A recent article identifies the encephalitogenic viruses registered in Brazil over the past six decades.

SAO PAULO. KAZINFORM - A continuous growth of forest fires has been reported in Boca do Acre, in Amazonas state, northern Brazil. The burned area went from 66 percent in 2012—the year in which the new Forest Code was approved—to 88 percent in 2019, per natural disaster monitoring center Cemaden, in partnership with national and international institutions. The study was published this week in journal Fire, Agencia Brasil reports.

Wildfires in Boca do Acre, Amazonas, went from 66% in 2012, the year the new Forest Code was approved, to 88% in 2019, according to a report from the National Center for Monitoring and Alerts of Natural Disasters (Cemaden) published Tuesday in partnership with other organizations, Agencia Brasil reported.

The Jair Bolsonaro presidency in Brazil has been marked by loosening regulations and budget cuts for environmental agencies, leading to soaring rates of Amazon destruction since he took office in 2019. Now, a new study quantifies what researchers call the “political negligence” of these policies, finding that nearly 98% of deforestation alerts were not investigated. […]

Environmental monitor said President Jair Bolsonaro's government has responded to less than 3% of deforestation alerts in Brazil.