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. Continue reading →

As large swathes of the Amazon continue to burn, critics say Brazil’s booming beef industry is, in part, to blame, as farmers are believed to have set the majority of the fires to clear land for cattle. Continue reading →

Some 44,000 troops will be available for “unprecedented” operations to put out the fires, and forces are heading to six Brazilian states that asked for federal help, Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo said. Continue reading →