The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon has risen by 28 percent from last year with 6,803 fires in the Amazon region in July 2020
Virgin jungle stands next to an area that was burnt recently near Porto Velho, Brazil on August 23, 2019.
Brazil's national space agency, INPE, identified 6,803 fires in the Amazon region in July 2020, up from 5,318 the year before.for fires in the Amazon, triggering global outcry. Fires rose 77 percent on indigenous lands and 50 percent on protected nature reserves from July 2019, environmental group Greenpeace said, showing how illegal activities are increasingly encroaching on those areas.That was the worst single day for fires in the month of July since 2005, said Greenpeace.
"On paper, the fire moratorium prohibits burning, but it only works if there is also a response on the ground, with more patrols. Criminals aren't known for obeying the law."
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