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As record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land

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The area burned between January and mid-October 2024 represents an 846% increase over the same period in 2023 .

That’s five times larger than the forest fires of 2019 when, under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro , rampant destruction of the Amazon made headlines worldwide.

Deforestation in the Amazon usually begins with chainsaws, but criminals may be skipping the labor-intensive step of felling trees.

The deforestation control agency tallies these areas as burn scars, not as deforestation.

This year ’s deforestation rate is still slowing under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva .

Another season of intense drought and fires could lead to the breakdown of the forest.

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