It takes a little over half an hour for the flames to devour Pedro Gomes's field at the edge of the Amazon rainforest, clearing the land for him ...
A donkey stands tied up next to a burnt area of an Amazon rainforest reserve in the Brazilian state of Para, where farmers lighting fires to clear land have outraged conservationists. NOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil It takes a little over half an hour for the flames to devour Pedro Gomes's field at the edge of the Amazon rainforest, clearing the land for him to plant crops.
The town has been shrouded in smoke for several days as farmers increased the amount of fires lit in the area. Last year, the Amazon was devastated by tens of thousands of fires that sent a thick haze of black smoke 2,500 kilometres south to Sao Paulo, causing international outcry.The far-right president took office in 2019 with calls to roll back environmental protections in the Amazon to develop mining and agriculture.
In the 12 months to July 2020, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 34.5 per cent year-on-year, according to INPE data.
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