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Brazil's Amazon saw highest number of fires in 17 years: agency

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There were 140,328 fires detected by satellite imaging in 2024 , government data shows.

That was 42 percent more than the 98,634 fires recorded in 2023 -- and the most since 2007 .

Drought has parched the Amazon region since mid-2023 , driven by human-caused climate change and El Nino warming phenomenon.

Deforestation in the region in the 12-month period up to August 2024 had fallen by more than 30 percent , year-on-year .

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