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Fire in the Xingu River Basin

New maps of understory forest fires in the southern Amazon suggest there’s little connection between deforestation and understory fires. Some indigenous reserves where deforestation is minimal still have frequent understory fires.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using data provided by Douglas Morton (NASA/GSFC). Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published June 8, 2013
Data acquired 1999 - 2010

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
Amazon Deforestation