EditorialA forest is burned to make way for cattle pasture near Manacaru, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, on Sept. 1, 2019. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
EditorialPeyton Alex helps her nephew Rey Mato Silva navigate stairs at the Gallup Skate Park in Gallup, N.M., May 27, 2021. (Sharon Chischilly/The New York Times)
EditorialAn area of burned Amazon rain forest abutting a cattle ranch in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, on Aug. 31, 2019. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
EditorialFires in the Amazon rainforest, like this one in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, sparked global outrage two years ago. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
EditorialA wildfire burns through part of the vast Pantanal wetlands in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Aug. 29, 2020. (Maria Magdalena Arrellaga/The New York Times)
EditorialA burned area of forest adjacent to a cattle ranch in Apiacás, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, Sept. 2, 2019. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
EditorialA dead caiman alligator in a dried marsh area that burned in fires, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, Oct. 3, 2020. (Maria Magdalena Arrellaga/The New York Times)
EditorialFire burns on a rural property in the Pantanal, Brazil’s huge wetlands, in the state of Mato Grosso, Aug. 28, 2020. (Maria Magdalena Arrellaga/The New York Times)
EditorialBurning pasture on a cattle ranch bordering a forest area in the state of Mato Grosso near Mandacaru, Brazil, Sept. 1, 2019. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
EditorialBurning pasture on a cattle ranch bordering a forest area in the state of Mato Grosso near Mandacaru, Brazil, Sept. 1, 2019. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)