Brazil Fires

• Brazil forest fire season begins with concerns of mass destruction

  The government space agency that uses satellites to monitor fires reported more area burned in the month of July than in any July since 2016.

  World

  Aug 5, 2021
  
• Bolsonaro says fire ban in Brazil limited to Amazon region only

  Brazil's National Space Research Institute says fires have increased about 80% in Brazil this year when compared to the same period last year. A little over half those fires are in the Amazon.

  World

  Aug 31, 2019
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio fund donating $5M to help quell Amazon fires

  Through Earth Alliance, the Amazon Forest Fund will provide money to five local organizations working to protect the Amazon.

  Entertainment

  Aug 26, 2019
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• Brazil president plans to send in army to contain Amazon fires

  The president of Brazil did not say when the armed forces would get involved but suggested that action could be imminent.

  Weather

  Aug 23, 2019
• Greenpeace: G7 leaders cannot use Amazon fires to distract from own climate plans

  A record number of fires burning in the rainforest in Brazil this month is raising serious concerns about the planet's health.

  World

  Aug 23, 2019
• Brazil says it is target of smear campaign over role in Amazon fires

  Onyx Lorenzoni, the Brazilian president’s chief of staff, accused European countries of exaggerating environmental problems in Brazil in order to disrupt its commercial interests.

  Environment

  Aug 22, 2019