We have documented 1,650 major fires in the Brazilian Amazon this year, and well over half (60%) have occurred in September.* We have been detecting around 62 major fires a day during September, relative to 18 in August (and 2 in July). Moreover, we flag the major spike in Amazon forest fires, defined here as human-caused fires in standing forest. […]
Although August was severe, early September saw the Brazilian Amazon fires intensify even more. September shot up to an average of 53 major fires per day across the Brazilian Amazon, up from 18 in August (and 2 in July).* In addition, the surrounding Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands, is experiencing unprecedented fires. The Base Map shows major fires scattered across the Brazilian […]
Cutting-edge technology and our supporters’ generosity aided firefighting efforts A cloud of smoke covered hundreds of major cities all over Latin America in August as fires devastated over a million acres in the Amazon basin. The fires were so fierce and smoke so thick – covering major cities like São Paulo, Brazil for days – […]
Building the technology, infrastructure and government capacity needed for authorities and local communities to win the fight against illegal deforestation. Early in 2019, the Peruvian government declared a state of emergency in the southern region of Madre de Dios. The culprit was a familiar one, as the region has been plagued by the illegal gold […]
August 2020 just ended its run as a severe Amazon fire month. Our novel Real-time Amazon Fire Monitoring app has detected 646 major fires in the Brazilian Amazon thus far in 2020.* Of these, 88% (569 major fires) occurred in August,* and all were illegal, occuring after the burning moratoriums established in July. Also in August, we saw the sudden appearance of “Forest Fires,” defined here […]
August 2020 just ended its run as a severe Amazon fire month, with 621 major fires being recorded in the Brazilian Amazon alone, with increasing fires being in Peru and 52 major fires in Bolivia as well. The vast majority of the major fires (80%) are burning recently deforested areas, defined here as areas where […]
The Brazilian Amazon just passed a grim milestone: Over 500 illegal major fires thus far in 2020. The other major headline is that, although most fires continue to burn recently deforested areas, we are now seeing an increase in forest fires. Our Real-time Amazon Fire Monitoring app has detected 504 major fires in the Brazilian Amazon as of August 24 (starting from the first major […]
Our innovative new app for Real-time Amazon Fire Monitoring has now detected over 350 major fires in the Brazilian Amazon this season.* Specifically, we have detected 365 major fires as of August 17, since the first major fire detected on May 28. The fire season is accelerating, as 79% of the major fires have occured in August. Below, we present a series of satellite images showing key examples […]
Our innovative new app for Real-time Amazon Fire Monitoring has detected over 200 major fires in 2020. The app specializes in filtering out thousands of the traditional heat-based fire alerts to prioritize only those burning large amounts of biomass (defined here as a major fire).* Our key findings include: We have detected 227 major Amazon fires (Brazil 220, Bolivia 6; Peru 1), as of August 10. , […]
Recall we recently launched an innovative new app for Real-time Amazon Fire Monitoring (see MAAP #118 for details). In a novel approach, the app combines data from the atmosphere (aerosol emissions in smoke) and the ground (heat anomaly alerts) to effectively detect and visualize major Amazon fires. The app specializes in filtering out thousands of the heat-based fire alerts to prioritize only those […]
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