Amazon fires
Jungle blazes, South America
Amazon fires refers to wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, particularly the devastating blazes that periodically draw global attention due to their scale and environmental impact.
The fires are often set intentionally to clear land for agriculture and cattle ranching, though drought conditions can cause them to spread beyond control.
The Amazon fires sent smoke visible from space.
The phrase became shorthand for environmental crisis during particularly severe burning seasons.
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- slash and burnAgricultural clearing method
- illegal loggingUnlawful forest harvesting
- cattle ranchingRaising bovines commercially
cleared land · smoke · smoke plume · blaze · burning · lungs · earth · climate · climate change · global warming · Brazil · jungle · biodiversity · destruction · logging · cattle · indigenous · trees
- fireflame, blaze, flames, inferno, embers
- BrazilRio, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Amazonia
- deforestationclear cutting, clearcutting, clear-cutting, illegal logging, selective logging
- environmental issuesair pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, global warming, habitat loss
- pollutionair pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, smog, toxic waste
- 2000s History9/11, September 11, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Arab Spring
Amazon firesrainforest preservation
Safeguarding tropical woodland ecosystems
reforestation · forest restoration · rewilding · tree planting · ecological recovery
Amazon firescontrolled burns
Deliberate fires for management
fire suppression · fire prevention · firebreaks · firefighting · burn bans
Amazon firesmonsoon season
Annual heavy rainfall period
rainy season · river flooding · heavy rainfall · wet season · deluge