skogsbränderna i Brasilien 2019

Key facts

Date s

January–October 2019

Location

Brazil , Bolivia , Peru , Paraguay , Colombia

Total fires

>40,000

Burned area

906,000 hectares (2,240,000 acres; 9,060 km ; 3,500 sq mi)

Land use

Agricultural development

Damage

>$900 billion (2019 USD )

Cause

Slash-and-burn approach to deforest land for agriculture and effects of climate change and global warming due to unusually longer dry season and above average temperatures worldwide throughout 2019

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Wikidata facts

Area

906001

Image

Amazon fire satellite image.png

Number of deaths

40