- Title: Plane patrols Brazil's Amazon for early detection of blazes
- Date: 5th August 2023
- Summary: HUMAITA, AMAZONAS STATE, BRAZIL (AUGUST 3, 2023) (REUTERS) AERIAL VIEW OF SMOKE RISING FROM FIRES BURNING AMAZON RAINFOREST AERIAL VIEW OF TREES BURNING AND SMOKE RISING VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF SMOKE RISING FROM RAINFOREST (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) GREENPEACE SPOKESPERSON, ROMULO BATISTA, SAYING: "We are near the municipality of Tapaua, in the south of the state of Amazonas. We are flying over an area that has already been deforested and has now been burning for at least a week here in this region of the Amazon." AMAZON RAINFOREST SEEN FROM AIRPLANE WINDOW GREENPEACE RESEARCHERS LOOKING AT MAP WITH BUSHFIRE INFORMATION BATISTA IN AIRPLANE GREENPEACE RESEARCHER IN AIRPLANE AIRPLANE DASHBOARD (NIGHT SHOT) PILOTS AND GREENPEACE RESEARCHERS IN AIRPLANE (NIGHT SHOT) (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) GREENPEACE SPOKESPERSON, ROMULO BATISTA, SAYING: “We are now right in the middle of the Amazonian summer. The driest and hottest period in the region in which we usually see an increase in fires because the weather conditions contribute to that. This year it is even more worrying because we have the El Nino phenomenon, which makes the summer hotter, drier, and longer, thus favouring a higher number of fires." AERIAL VIEW OF SMOKE RISING FROM RAINFOREST AERIAL VIEW OF BLAZE BURNING TREES VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF SMOKE RISING FROM RAINFOREST VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF BURNT OUT RAINFOREST PORTO VELHO, RONDONIA STATE, BRAZIL (AUGUST 3, 2023) (REUTERS) CLOSE-UP OF BATISTA (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) GREENPEACE SPOKESPERSON, ROMULO BATISTA, SAYING: “It's important (to keep control) because, in the last four years, large areas were deforested. So there is a lot of organic material in the soil that can dry out and favor fires more than this (increase) of 9% in the coming months." VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF TREES BURNING VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF BURNT OUT RAINFOREST VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF SMOKE RISING FROM RAINFOREST PORTO VELHO, RONDONIA STATE, BRAZIL (AUGUST 3, 2023) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) GREENPEACE SPOKESPERSON, ROMULO BATISTA, SAYING: "The inspection and control actions (of illegal activities) have had an effect. In the last four months, there has been a significant drop in deforestation alerts, and this is very important. Now when the Amazon summer begins with more fires, the inspection needs to be intensified." MANICORE, AMAZONAS STATE, BRAZIL (AUGUST 3, 2023) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) AERIAL VIEW OF SMOKE RISING FROM RAINFOREST VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS OF RAINFOREST BURNING OUT
- Embargoed: 19th August 2023 04:01
- Keywords: Amazon Amazonia Brazil Manicore Porto Velho Tapaua fires
- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, BRAZIL
- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: Environment,South America / Central America,Weather
- Reuters ID: LVA001232904082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Environmentalists warn that the Brazilian Amazon could be in for a bad burning season despite a drop in deforestation this year, as years of accumulated destruction and the arrival of El Nino could turn swathes of the jungle into a tinderbox.
Flying near the city of Porto Velho this week to monitor the world's largest rainforest, a Greenpeace team spotted several fires in the area during its hottest period of the year, which runs from July to September.
The height of Amazon's annual burning season often falls in August and September, when fires tend to spike as rains subside, allowing ranchers and farmers to set fire to deforested areas.
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped 43% in the first seven months of the year, according to preliminary government data, boosting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's credibility as a regional voice for environmental conservation.
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