Brazil's Amazon rainforest continues to burn in 2020

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest continues to burn in 2020

By Associated Press | August 18, 2020 | Updated on August 18, 2020 at 4:23 pm

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Workers from Brazil's state-run environment agency IBAMA check an area consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Experts say the blazes are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.
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A chainsaw owned by a rancher sits idle next to a felled tree in an area consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Experts say the blazes are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.
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Workers from Brazil's state-run environment agency IBAMA check an area consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Experts say the blazes are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.
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A worker from Brazil's state-run environment agency IBAMA places his gloved hand on the truck of a tree in an area consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Experts say the blazes are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.
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An aerial view of an area consumed by fire and cleared near Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Experts say the blazes are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.
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Workers from Brazil's state-run environment agency IBAMA speak with a farmer about an area consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Experts say the blazes are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.
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Workers from Brazil's state-run environment agency IBAMA check an area consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Experts say the blazes are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.
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Workers from Brazil's state-run environment agency IBAMA check an area consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Experts say the blazes are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.
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Workers from Brazil's state-run environment agency IBAMA check an area consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Experts say the blazes are pushing the world's largest rainforest toward a tipping point, after which it will cease to generate enough rainfall to sustain itself.
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Land recently burned and deforested by cattle farmers stands empty near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 16.
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Clouds of smoke billow from a field consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 15. According to a local farmer, the fire was set by ranchers to clear the land for soy cultivation.
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Flames travel along the floor of a field near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 15. According to a local farmer, the fire was set by ranchers to clear the land for soy cultivation.
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Clouds of smoke billow from a field consumed by fire near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 15. According to a local farmer, the fire was set by ranchers to clear the land for soy cultivation.
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An area consumed by fires sits scorched near Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 7. According to the National Institute for Space Research, fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased 28% in July from a year ago. Environmentalists have expressed concern at the rise because August traditionally marks the beginning of the fire season in the region.
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In this Sept. 3, 2019, file photo, Brazilian soldier puts out fires at the Nova Fronteira region in Novo Progresso, Brazil. In 2019, the forest around the town of Novo Progresso erupted into flames — the first major blazes in the Brazilian Amazon’s dry season and spurred global outrage against the government’s inability or unwillingness to protect the rainforest. President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to control burning in the forest in 2020, but smoke is again thick in the area.