According to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), there was an increase of 18% in fires reported since last August in the Amazon. The forest area is considered an important natural buffer against climate change. The INPE satellites recorded 33,116 fire
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon exceeded 1,000 square kilometres in April, the highest total since 2008 and roughly twice the level of April 2021, according to data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute INPE. The loss — which only accounts