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The thousands of fires burning in the Amazon dont look like the major forest fires of Europe or North America -- instead, they are fuelled mainly by branches, vegetation and other byproducts of deforestation in cleared areas, experts say. (Photo: File)

As Brazil fights Amazon criticism, No time off for ambassadors

Some ambassadors were already on vacation and had to return to their posts, the sources said.

27 Aug 2019 8:37 AM IST

A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rainforests importance to the global environment and prompted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to dispatch the military to assist in firefighting. (Photo: AP)

Brazil's Amazon basin fires keep surging despite govt has banned...

Illegal crops also reduce the rainforest, such as Colombian coca cultivation, which covers roughly 170,000 hectares,...

1 Sept 2019 1:05 PM IST