A part of the Amazon rainforest burns near a highway in Brazil’s Para state last September. Most of the Amazon’s blazes are the result of arson and directly linked to deforestation. – AFP pic, July 2, 2020.
AMAZON forest fires in Brazil increased by 19.5% last month compared with the same period a year ago, making it the worst June in 13 years, said authorities yesterday. June marks the start of the dry period, and there were 2,248 recorded blazes, leaving analysts expecting a worse year for the rainforest than the devastating 2019, which provoked anger throughout the world.
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