39,000 fires detected in Amazon rainforest this year — a 77% increase | World News, The Indian Express

39,000 fires detected in Amazon rainforest this year — a 77% increase | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Rio De Janeiro |Updated: August 23, 2019 2:26:59 pm

39,000 fires detected in Amazon rainforest this year — a 77% increase

The fires, most of which have been set by farmers clearing their land, are raging in uninhabited areas of rainforest.

An aerial view of a tract of Amazon jungle burning as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers near the city of Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil. (Reuters)

Fires are burning in the Amazon rainforest at one of the fastest paces in years, Brazil’s space research center said this week.