Amazon forest fire: Brazil releases images showing reduction in number of affected areas | World News, The Indian Express

Amazon forest fire: Brazil releases images showing reduction in number of affected areas | World News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: August 29, 2019 8:28:25 pm

Amazon forest fire: Brazil releases images showing reduction in number of affected areas

More than 26,000 forest fires that have been recorded in the Amazon so far this month — the highest number in a decade.

More than 26,000 forest fires that have been recorded in the Amazon so far this month. (AP)

Amid a global outcry over multiple fires across the Amazon rainforest, the Brazilian government said recent satellite images showed a reduction in the number of areas affected by the blaze even as Operation Green Brazil entered its sixth day on Thursday.