Brazilian Amazon records worst August for fires in 12 years

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 03, 2022 12:02 am

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The Brazilian Amazon recorded its worst month of August for forest fires since 2010, with an 18 percent rise from a year ago, according to official data released Thursday (Friday in Manila).

The Brazilian INPE space agency said its satellites had recorded 33,116 fires in the rainforest, a key buffer against global warming, in August this year, compared to 28,060 in the same month last year.

Aerial view of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest at the Mapinguari National Park in Porto Velho, on the border of the states of Rondonia and Amazonas, northern Brazil, on September 1, 2022. Experts say Amazon fires are caused mainly by illegal farmers, ranchers and speculators clearing land and torching the trees. AFP PHOTO

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