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Prepared for Roy O. | Delivered August 26, 2019
Forest Fires In Brazil
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Goals
Find the actual number of forest fires in brazil this year vs past 20 years in order to prove/disprove the numbers in the chart found on Mongabay: https://news.mongabay.com/2016/09/the-alarming-number-of-fires-in-the-brazilian-amazon/
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Early Findings
Mongabay Report: Prove Or Disprove
According to INPE - Programa Queimadas (Burned Program) which is a global
forest fire and burn monitoring portal
, the number of forest fires in Brazil in 2015 was
216,782
. This record is different from the numbers presented in the chart from Mongabay which is linked to the same source (INPE - Programa Queimadas). Thus, the
data provided in the article
is questionable. To help prove/disprove the data provided in the article, further research was made and here are the main findings that disprove the
data in the article
and prove the direct data from
INPE - Programa Queimadas
.
Another report from Mongabay stated that the number of forest fires in Brazil were
208,278
fires in 2017 while 2004’s record was
270,295
fires. This article is another evidence that disprove the data from the report.
According to Climate Change News, "satellite data revealed a
27.5%
increase in forest fires in 2015 compared with the previous year. The total number was
235,629
, almost as high as the record of
249,291
in 2010." This article is another evidence that disprove the chart's data.
Forest Fire In Brazil: Historical Records
1998:
123,896
1999:
134,612
2000:
101,530
2001:
145,484
2002:
321,416
2003:
341,239
2004:
380,446
2005:
362,566
2006:
249,184
2007:
393,915
2008:
211,933
2009:
155,104
2010:
319,386
2011:
158,102
2012:
217,238
2013:
128,149
2014:
175,905
2015:
216,782
2016:
184,218
2017:
207,511
2018:
132,872
From 1/1/2019 to 8/25/2019:
80626
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