More than 260 major, mostly illegal Amazon fires detected since late May

Mongabay
Aug 13, 2020, 3:20 pm299 pts
A fire hotspot in the Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso state Brazil, July 2020. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace. A total of 227 fires covering 127,866 hectares (315,963 acres) — an area nearly twice as large as New York City — were reported between May 28 and August 10. The number of fires is increasing as…

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