"More than 74,000 wildfires have been detected in the world’s largest rain forest this year, an 84 percent increase from the same period last year, Brazil’s space research center said."
"RIO DE JANEIRO — Fires are burning in the Amazon rain forest at one of the fastest paces in years, Brazil’s space research center said this week.
The center, the National Institute for Space Research, which monitors fires using satellite images, reported on Wednesday that it had detected 39,194 fires this year in the world’s largest rain forest, a 77 percent increase from the same period in 2018.
The fires, most of which have been set by farmers clearing their land, are raging in uninhabited areas of rain forest and intruding on populated areas in the country’s north, including the states of Rondônia and Acre."
Manuela Andreoni and Christine Hauser report for the New York Times August 21, 2019.
SEE ALSO:
"Amazon Fires: Record Number Burning In Brazil Rainforest - Space Agency" (BBC News)
"Amazon Burning: Brazil Reports Record Forest Fires" (Reuters)
"Indigenous Tribes Are The Last Best Hope For The Amazon" (PRI: 10/4/2018)
"Igniting Global Outrage, Brazil's Bolsonaro Baselessly Blames NGOs For Amazon Fires" (Reuters)
