By 2023, as many as 3.3 million hectares across the country will burn; forests and grasslands that must give way to expanding agricultural frontiers. But behind those numbers, economic and social inequality only throws oil on the fire. This reportage visits indigenous communities surrounded by the annual fires, follows volunteer firefighters as they attempt to put them out, talks to farmers about the balance they are taking, and examines a web of illegal land trade political jousting.
Photo: © Anneleen Ophoff
