National space research agency INPE registered 31,513 fire alerts in the Amazon via satellite in the first 30 days of the month. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAO PAULO - Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010, government data showed on Wednesday , surpassing the blazes in August 2019 that drew global attention soon after President Jair Bolsonaro took office.
Most of INPE's Amazon fire alerts in an average year come in August and September - considered the burning season in the region, when rains often subside to let ranchers and farmers often set fire to deforested areas. The uptick comes ahead of an October presidential election with leading candidates sharply at odds over destruction of the Amazon rainforest.and blasted right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro for letting deforestation of the biome hit a 15-year high.opening the way for loggers and ranchers to illegally clear more of the Amazon since he took office in 2019.
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