252 Amazonian fires caught international headlines in July and August of 19, The Amazon rainforest helps regulate global climate, 2843km2 of forest coverage was lost in January alone40 In June , fires in the Brazilian Amazon reached their highest levels in 13 years, and fires across the rainforest are set to be at least as bad as the ones seen in 1930 The Amazon Rainforest Had 7,000 Fires in July — Even More Than Last Year By Sophie Hirsh Aug 3 , Updated 1149 am ET Last month, Brazilian officials predicted that the Amazon rainforest would burn just as badly this summer it did last summer
In Pictures Fires In The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest Latin America Al Jazeera
