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Huge parts of Brazil are on fire. And it鈥檚 not just the drier areas. It鈥檚 the wetlands and the rainforests, too. Smoke from the fires can even be seen from space. Brazil has long struggled with wildfires, but they鈥檙e getting harder to control. And on top of this, Brazil is also experiencing its worst drought since records began 70 years ago.

Leandro Prazeres, a 麻豆社 reporter in the capital, Brasilia, explains how bad it is right now and what鈥檚 caused the fires. 麻豆社 Brasil reporter Giulia Granchi tells us about the wildlife in the affected areas; the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado savannah and the Pantanal wetlands.

And Patricia Zanella, a gender activist who represented the Brazilian government鈥檚 youth delegation at COP last year tells us what she wants to see from her leaders to tackle these wildfires.

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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: Julia Ross-Roy and Gabriela Boccaccio
Editor: Verity Wilde