Amazon Rainforest Fire Season Starts With Outlook for Record Burn

Bloomberg

The world’s largest rainforest is set for another record year of burning, and an area 11 times the size of New York City could be set ablaze, a new report warns. The report comes as many Brazillian patrols that work to stop illegal logging have been sidelined or sickened by Covid-19. Every year, illegal loggers level huge swaths of jungle, then burn the land to make way for crops or cattle.

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