Why is the Amazon on fire? .
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Fires normally occur around the dry season as slash-and-burn methods are used to clear the forest to make way for agriculture, livestock, logging, and mining, leading to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
Cause: Slash-and-burn approach to deforest land for agriculture and effects of climate ...
Total fires: >40,000
Land use: Agricultural development
Burned area: 906,000 hectares (2,240,000 acres; 9,060 km2; 3,500 sq mi)
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Fires normally occur around the dry season as slash-and-burn methods are used to clear the forest to make way for agriculture, livestock, logging, and mining, leading to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
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