Brazil's Satellite Agency is Back Online: Fire Hotspots have Doubled

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By MongabaySep 3, 2019, 2:52 pm241 pts
By Rhett Butler Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) resumed releasing deforestation data after nearly a month-long hiatus that followed the firing of the agency's director on Aug. 2. The newly released data, which is based on short-term deforestation alerts, estimates that nearly 1,400 square…

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