Wildfires in old-growth Amazon forest areas rose 152% in 2023, study shows (IMAGE)

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Wildfires in old-growth Amazon forest areas rose 152% in 2023, study shows

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Forest fires raged in Boca do Acre in 2023

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(photo: Débora Dutra/CEMADEN)

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