Wildfires - Amazon, Brazil
Under Bolsonaro's rule, wildfires as well as illegal gold mining and deforestation skyrocketed.
Almost 2 million acres of territory in Brazil have been ravaged by wildfires in November, according to data released by an NGO, which noted that this is a 90% increase from November 2021. That is an area about 75% of the size of Manaus, a Brazilian Amazon city.
According to MapBiomad, over 80% of the land ravaged by the fire is located in the Amazon rainforest.
MapBiomas reports that the area burned within the first 11 months of 2022 amounted to 40 million acres - which is equivalent to the size of Uruguay - a 13% increase from the same period last year.
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