4200 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://news.mongabay.com/2022/09/blazing-start-to-amazons-fire-season-as-burning-hits-august-record/Towns in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará have experienced a recent bout of skies overcast with thick clouds of smoke, the result of fires raging in the Amazon Rainforest. The forest fires peaked in the last few weeks after hitting a new historical record.2022-09-01T23:05+0200mongabay-6331c073eb47ef4ca44a71712eae146620220901230500https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/brazilian-amazon-records-worst-august-fires-12-yearsThe Brazilian Amazon recorded its worst month of August for forest fires since 2010, with an 18 per cent rise from a year ago, according to official data released Thursday. The Brazilian INPE space agency said its satellites had recorded 33,116 fires in the rainforest, a key buffer against global....2022-09-01T22:43+0200english-alaraby-693a7c4cef35e5731f8a0128300abc5720220901224300http://www.tio.ch/dal-mondo/cronaca/1604280/incendi-agosto-deforestazione-mese-record-amazzoniaBRASILIA - Durante il mese di agosto 2022, la foresta amazzonica brasiliana ha subito più incendi rispetto a qualsiasi mese negli ultimi cinque anni. Oltre alle ondate di caldo, le deforestazioni illegali hanno contribuito alla propagazione del fuoco. Incendi da record - I sensori satellitari,....2022-09-01T21:52+0200tio-1854f61805a6d9a40925a265068e53e920220901215200https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/indepedent-watchdog-confirms-rampant-deforestation-in-the-amazon/Data from independent forest monitoring group Imazon has confirmed that deforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest is on track to approach the highest level in 15 years. Imazon’s monthly deforestation alert system detected 10,781 square kilometers of forest clearing in the Brazilian Amazon betwen....2022-08-31T10:38+0200newsnow-co-uk-dd033e940fade417baaa6c47b431269020220831103800