[HIGHLIGHTS] Brazil: nearly 3,000 forest fires in the Amazon, record for the month of February

Nearly 3,000 forest fires were recorded in the Brazilian Amazon in February. This is 67% more than the previous record of 1,761 fires recorded in 2007.

CO2 emissions in the Amazon reached their highest level in at least two decades in the month of February, according to the Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE) InPE: “Many regions of South America have experienced droughts which have contributed to an increase in the number of fires.” InPE’s report: ‘The number of forest fires in February was the highest since records began in 1999’