In the month of June alone, almost 2,250 separate fires were recorded in the Amazon rainforest – up from around 1,900 fires detected in the same period last year. NGOs are worried that this summer will see a repeat of the infernos that raged across the Amazon last summer.
During Brazil’s dry season some fires start spontaneously. Others are set intentionally, by farmers clearing land. It is a practice that, along with illegal logging, is gradually destroying the rainforest.
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