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- The number of wildfires in the Amazon forests in the first half of 2023 was 10 per cent higher than in 2022.
- In June 2023, the number of active fires in the Amazon reached the highest peak since 2007.
- Indeed, only 19 per cent of the fires were related to recent deforestation during January-June 2023, down from 39 per cent in 2022.
- Hot and dry conditions wrought by El Nino this year also fuelled this occurrence.
- Deforestation rates have been falling in 2023, with alerts 42 per cent lower between January and July than in the same period of 2022.
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