Amazon rainforest fire : cause, deadly effects.
The Amazon rainforest, is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basinof South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km2 (2,700,000 sq mi), of which 5,500,000 km2 (2,100,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations.
Wildfires often occur in the dry season in Brazil, but this year has been worse than normal, according to INPE.
In addition, fires are deliberately started in efforts to illegally deforest land for cattle ranching.
Cattle ranching is the largest driver of deforestation in every Amazon country, accounting for 80 percent of current deforestation rates.
Amazon Brazil is home to approximately 200 million head of cattle, and is the largest exporter in the world, supplying about one-quarter of the global market.
The red spots show high carbon monoxide concentrations, which indicates an active fire.
Images shared on social media showed huge plumes of smoke rising from the forest line - and reached to Sao Paolo - more than 2,700 miles away.
A map released by the European Union’s satellite program, Copernicus showed smoke from the blazes spreading for Brazil along the east Atlantic coast.
Smoke has covered almost half of the entire country and is spreading across to Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.
