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Brazil's Amazon sees worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 years

Terra Daily Tuesday, 2 July 2024 ()
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) July 1, 2024

The Brazilian Amazon recorded 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year, the worst figure in 20 years, satellite data revealed Monday. The total was up more than 61 percent compared to the same period last year - an increase that experts say is the result of a historic drought that struck the world's largest tropical rainforest last year. Since Brazil's National Institute for Space
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