The report by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) pointed out that the fires in the Amazon in July were more than double the 2.562 fires recorded in June. The previous month had entered the historical series as the June with the highest number of fire outbreaks in the last 15 years.
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However, compared to July 2020, there was a 21% drop in fires in the Amazon region. During the period, 6.803 hot spots were recorded. The record for the month of July is from 2005, when 19.364 fire points were detected.
In the first half of this year, data from Inpe also showed that the area under deforestation alert in the Legal Amazon was the largest in seven years, with approximately 3.988 km² deforested. The number is 10,6% higher than the same period in 2021, which had already been a record for the series.
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