PhysOrg: Number Of Fires In Brazilian Amazon Rises By 3,859 In 48 Hours After Gov Bans Burning

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The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon basin is still on the rise, even though the government has banned burning, officials said Saturday. In the first 48 hours since the ban was issued, satellite data from the National Space Research Institute (INPE) showed 3,859 new outbreaks of fire, of which some 2,000 were concentrated in the Amazon region.

From January to the end of August, 51.9 percent of Brazil's recorded 88,816 fires were in the rainforest, according to the INPE, a number experts call a dramatic, direct consequence of farmers' widespread deforestation.

Brazil's Amazon region is in its dry season, but experts note that 2019 has been wetter than previous years—they also stress that there are no natural fires in the Amazon.

The no-burn decree may have been too little too late, and more of a political than practical gesture, some analysts say. Deforestation has surged this year as agencies tasked with monitoring illegal activities were weakened by right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-09-brazil-amazon-basin-surging.html

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1. Fuck.

I have no other words. Sorry.

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2. Fun fact.....there are even bigger fires burning in Africa.

Sudan and the Congo....enormous fires. for the same reason, to grow crops for world markets,
What's horrible tho, is the Brazil fires are gonna grow crops for China, and the "farmer" is Blackstone Group, whose head honcho is a pal of trump.