{"id":275179,"date":"2022-08-03T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T03:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=275179"},"modified":"2022-08-03T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T03:42:00","slug":"fires-increase-in-brazilian-amazon-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/fires-increase-in-brazilian-amazon-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Fires increase in Brazilian Amazon in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> RIO DE JANEIRO<br \/>\nThe number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased by eight percent last month compared with July 2021, according to official figures released on Monday, the latest alarm bell for the world\u2019s biggest rainforest.<br \/>\nSatellite monitoring detected 5,373 fires last month, up from 4,977 in July last year, according to the Brazilian space agency, INPE. However, the number was well short of the worst July on record: 19,364 fires in 2005.<br \/>\nJuly is typically the start of the Amazon \u201cfire season,\u201d when drier weather fuels more fires &#8212; mostly set by farmers and speculators clearing land for agriculture, according to experts. The increase in the Amazon came as major fires raged in California, France and Portugal amid rising temperatures.<br \/>\nThis has been a worrying year for fires in the Amazon, a key resource in the race to curb global warming: INPE has detected 12,906 so far, up 13 percent from the same period last year. \u201cIt\u2019s only the beginning of the Amazon dry season, when the number of criminal forest fires unfortunately explodes,\u201d said Romulo Batista of Greenpeace Brazil.<br \/>\n\u201cIn addition to decimating the forest and its biodiversity, those fires and destruction also affect the local population\u2019s health due to smoke inhalation,\u201d he said in a statement.<br \/>\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro, who comes up for reelection in October, is facing scrutiny for his government\u2019s controversial stewardship of Brazil\u2019s 60-percent share of the Amazon, where there has been a surge of fires and deforestation on his watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIO DE JANEIRO The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased by eight percent last month compared with July 2021, according to official figures released on Monday, the latest alarm bell for the world\u2019s biggest rainforest. 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