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In the average of the last 15 years:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/fires-in-bra...

>As of August 16, 2019, an analysis of NASA satellite data indicated that total fire activity across the Amazon basin this year has been close to the average in comparison to the past 15 years.

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The problem is a combination of factors, what for others would have been a tragedy to avoid, the current Brazilian president welcomes the fires as an opportunity to dislodge natives and sell more land and wood.

This is amazing. It's amazing how the histeria has spreaded like a virulent disease but people never cared to learn about this. First, there's a "fire season", then the averages and then, the current situation. But it's amazing how easy they blamed capitalism and bolsonaro in the socialmedia. The worst of this situations: some progressive PM did it too falling into the perseption fallacy. How sad this world has became with Social media.

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