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Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil. Picture taken on August 14, 2019.                                                                                                                      Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
2019 AMAZON FIRES
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Why is part of the Amazon burning?

The thousands of fires burning in the Amazon don’t look like the major forest fires of Europe or North America — instead, they are fueled mainly by branches, vegetation and other byproducts of deforestation in cleared areas, experts say.…

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