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The Ecologist: As world leaders meet in Paris to tackle carbon emissions, here in the Amazon we are watching forests burning unchecked, releasing carbon into the atmosphere, destroying sensitive ecosystems and making breathing difficult.
There are forests fires in the Amazon every year, but 2015 is exceptional. We've been investigating the issue in the rainforest around Santarém, a city on the south bank of the Amazon, 800km from the sea.
For the past five weeks we have woken up under a thick veil of smoke.......
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Fires rage in Amazon Rainforest
Posted by The Ecologist: Jos Barlow and Erika Berenguer on December 7th, 2015
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