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More fires now burning in Angola and Congo than in the Amazon: Maps
7:03 CAT | 27 Aug 2019
The Group of Seven developed nations has pledged $40m to fight wildfires in the Amazon but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused rich countries of angling to exploit Brazil’s natural resources [File: Victor Moriyama/Greenpeace/AFP]
Blazes burning in the Amazon have put heat on the environmental policies of President Jair Bolsonaro, but Brazil is actually third in the world in wildfires over the last 48 hours, according to MODIS satellite data analysed by Weather Source.
Weather Source has recorded 6,902 fires in Angola over the past 48 hours, compared to 3,395 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 2,127 in Brazil. It’s not an uncommon phenomenon for Central Africa.
According to NASA, which operates the Aqua satellite, over 67,000 fires were reported in a one-week period in June last year, as farmers employed slash and burn agriculture to clear land for crops.
Over the last 48 hours, Zambia placed fourth on the list, while Brazil’s neighbour in the Amazon, Bolivia, placed sixth.
According to August 26 data from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System, there are currently several times more wildfires in Angola than the Amazon. pic.twitter.com/iLGssAUPph
— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) August 26, 2019
More fires now burning in Angola, Congo than the Amazon https://t.co/tlIQhatxQs pic.twitter.com/VKKptodaKa
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 26, 2019
There are currently several times more #wildfires in #Angola than the #Amazon, according to @NASA
But they appear to be largely crop fires, which is to be expected as this is the time of year farmers clear land https://t.co/Ehq73J1now pic.twitter.com/O1hjJDux89
— Patrick Galey (@patrickgaley) August 26, 2019
Source: Bloomberg
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