An area comparable to size of Belarus burned in Brazil between January and September 2024, according to a report published on Saturday. A total of 22.38 million hectares caught fire in the first nine months of 2024, an increase of 150% compared to the same period in 2023, the MapBiomas initiative report said. The area corresponds to about 2.6% of Brazil’s land area, is larger than Belarus (20.29 million hectares) and nearly the size of Romania (23 million hectares). For the report, the network comprising universities, non-governmental organizations and tech companies, analysed satellite images…