Amazon Forest Fires 'On The Rise'

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 6, June 2010

 

As a result, the rise in fires could jeopardise the long-term success of schemes to reduce emissions from deforestation, they added.

 

The researchers - from the University of Exeter, UK, and Brazil's National Institute for Space Research - based their findings on satellite-derived data on deforestation and forest fires. Read the full report here.

 

Source: By Mark Kinver, Science and environment reporter, BBC News, U.K

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