Amazon rainforest fires surge
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There have been 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, with more than
half in the Amazon region – an 80% increase compared with the same period last year – according to the country’s space research centre*
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Fire activity analyses (August 21, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service)

COLOMBIA
VENEZUELA
BRAZIL
São Paulo
URUGUAY
Brasília
PERU
ECUADOR 
BOLIVIA
PARAGUAY 
CHILE
ARGENTINA
PACIFIC OCEAN
ATLANTIC OCEAN

1,000 miles 1,600km

*National Space Research Institute
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Jair Bolsonaro: Environmental groups accuse Brazil’s president of encouraging deforestation
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IBAMA: Brazil’s environmental enforcement agency has seen its budget cut by $23 million (24%) since Bolsonaro took office in January
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344,500 hectares
Area of Amazon rainforest destroyed since January by illegal loggers, miners and cattle ranchers
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Sources: CAMS, World Politics Review, Reuters  Picture: Associated Press
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