In the Amazon rainforest, the month of August saw the number of fires surge to the highest levels since 2010, government data released on Sunday (Sep 1) showed. The increase follows a record drought that has been plaguing the biome.

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest 'blaze' to a 14-year-high amidst severe drought

A Human Rights Watch report on Tuesday (September 17) found that more than 300 people have been killed over the past decade in conflicts over the use of land and resources in the Amazon, many by organised criminal networks profiting from illegal deforestation.

Hundreds killed in Brazil's Amazon over land, resources in past decade -report

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Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest 'blaze' to a 14-year-high amidst severe drought

Hundreds killed in Brazil's Amazon over land, resources in past decade -report