Brazil wildfires surge again in 2020

Brazil wildfires surge again in 2020
AFP
1/3/2021
AFP
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Burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Boca do Acre, Brazil, in 2019 -- the number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent in 2020
The number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent last year to a decade-high, according to official figures likely to add to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro's government over the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
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There were a total of 222,798 wildfires across Brazil in 2020, the highest number since 2010, according to the Brazilian space agency, INPE
There were a total of 222,798 wildfires across Brazil in 2020, the highest number since 2010, according to the Brazilian space agency, INPE.

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