the Amazon is burning a record number of
fires over 72,000 have been detected in
the world's largest rainforest this year
Brazil's national institute for space
research reports
that's an 83 percent increase from last
year environmental groups say the
policies of Brazil's president Jair
balsa Naro encouraged deforestation of
the Amazon which in turn allows for more
fires bolson arrow in turn alleges that
environmental groups started the fires
to embarrass this administration
meanwhile the jungle is a flame here a
motorist captures thick smoke pouring
into the sky from one of the fires the
Amazon covers over 2 million square
miles it's home to indigenous groups as
well as thousands of species of plants
and animals two-thirds of the world's
plant species can be found there and
it's seen as a vital hedge against the
carbon emissions that contribute to
climate change a loss that becomes more
pressing as global temperatures continue
to rise this is inside addition.com