Tag: Amazon rainforest fires

• Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  Bolivia admits fires have destroyed 1.2m hectares of forest; ecologists demand an end to bill promoting pastures

  

  Fires have destroyed 1.2 million hectares of forest and grasslands in Bolivia this year, the government said on Wednesday, though environmentalists claim the true figure is much greater.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Daytime smoke blackout in Sao Paulo blamed on Amazon rainforest fires

  

  Brazil's Amazon rainforest has seen a record number of fires this year, according to new data from the country's space research agency. The National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) said its satellite data showed an 83% increase on the same period in 2018.