Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon

Numerous large fires burned along a north-south running road in the Brazilian Amazon in early August 2007.
Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon
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Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon

The Amazon Rainforest of South America is rapidly falling as people colonize and develop a new frontier. Where there was once no such thing as an “Amazon fire season,” fires are now widespread in the dry season as people clear forest or manage already cleared plots of crop or grazing land.

Published Aug 16, 2007

Land Fires

Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon
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Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon

Published Aug 6, 2007

Fires