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Amazon reports record surge in forest fires

23. August 2019
The surge marks an 83% increase over the same period of 2018, Brazil’s space research center INPE said, and is the highest since records began in 2013.
· 22. Aug. 2019

| Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil. A chunk of the Amazon rainforest has been consumed by fires for weeks now. For more, visit: (Photo: Reuters)

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· 22. Aug. 2019

| A man works in a burning tract of Amazon jungle as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Iranduba. For more, visit:

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· 22. Aug. 2019

| Forest fires tend to intensify during the dry season, which usually ends in late October or early November, as land is cleared to make way for crops or grazing. For more, visit:

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· 22. Aug. 2019

| A firefighter attempts to extinguish flames during the dry season in Brasilia. Thick smoke has blanketed several cities in recent days and even caused a commercial flight to be diverted. For more, visit:

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· 22. Aug. 2019

| Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State. For more, visit:

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· 22. Aug. 2019

| “There is nothing abnormal about the climate this year or the rainfall in the Amazon region, which is just a little below average,” said INPE researcher Alberto Setzer. For more, visit:

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· 22. Aug. 2019

| Bolsonaro recently fired the director of INPE after he criticized agency statistics showing an increase in deforestation in Brazil, saying they were inaccurate. For more, visit:

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· 22. Aug. 2019

| The number of forest fires in Brazil surged in the first eight months of 2019, as President Jair Bolsonaro faces growing criticism over rampant destruction of the Amazon. For more, visit:

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