Amazon fires rage despite official ban, Greenpeace photos reveal

Mongabay
Jul 17, 2020, 3:43 pm540 ptsHot
Landowners in the Brazilian Amazon are continuing to burn forests despite an official government ban on burning in the region, reveal photographs released today by Greenpeace Brazil. The photos, captured during flyovers conducted between July 7th and 10th in the state of Mato Grosso, documented fires in…

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