Burning Central Amazonian Forest (IMAGE)

Lancaster University

Burning Central Amazonian Forest

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A large complex of wildfires affected 1 Million hectares of central Amazonian forests in the 2015 El Nino event . Despite affecting an area more than five times the size of the Mendocino wildfires in California, these received little national or international media attention at the time.

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Adam Ronan

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