A record level of fires in Brazil’s Amazon region has been linked to an increase in deforestation, inspiring a prayforamazonia social media campaign to bring awareness to the blazes destroying the rainforest.
A record level of fires in Brazil’s Amazon region has been linked to an increase in deforestation, inspiring a #prayforamazonia social media campaign to bring awareness to the blazes destroying the rainforest.
Satellite images from NASA showed several fires burning in the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, and Mato Grosso from Aug. 11 and 13.The Amazon Environmental Research Institute , a nongovernment organization focused on sustainable development of the Amazon, has linked the wildfires in the region to an increase in deforestation.
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