Photo Story: Aftermath of the Amazon fires

A view of burnt tree trunks as a consequence of a forest fire in the municipality Apui, in the south of the Amazonas, Brazil, 04 September 2018 (issued on 05 September).

Experts consider that the forest fires in this season are foreseeable due to natural reasons like drought and high temperatures in the northern region of the Brazilian country, but deforestation and provoked fires are resulting in an alarming increase of them.

Photo: EPA-EFE/Fernando Bizerra

Deforestation in Apui

Forest fire in the Jacunda National Forest
A fire burns in a jungle area of the Jacunda National Forest, a natural park near Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil, 04 September 2019. EPA-EFE/BEETHOVEN DELANO

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