Amazon fires are caused mainly by illegal farmers, ranchers and speculators clearing land and torching trees. Read more at straitstimes.com.
RIO DE JANEIRO - The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according to official figures that provided the latest warning on the advancing destruction of the world's biggest rainforest.
Then, fires sent thick gray smoke all the way to Sao Paulo, some 2,500km away, and triggered a global outcry over images of one of Earth's most vital resources burning. This has been a worrying year so far for the forest, a key buffer against global warming: INPE detected 5,373 fires last month, up eight percent from July last year.
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