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Environmentalists step up Amazon monitoring for the upcoming burning season

Experts have now warned the Brazilian Amazon could be in for a bad Burning Season despite a drop in deforestation. The accumulated destruction over the years and the arrival of El Nino could turn the Amazon into a Tinderbox. Looking out over the forest from an airplane a Greenpeace team spotted several fires in the area. The height of the annual burning season usually falls in August and September.