A record 5,860 wildfires were recorded in the first six days of August in the Amazon, a seven per cent increase over the same period last year, according to researchers in Brazil.

The trend suggests the month of August is likely to be on par with the same month in 2019, when it comes to the threat from wildfires, which was the worst August in nine years.

The surge in the number of wildfires has renewed concerns about the destruction of the Amazon – the world’s largest rainforest and a bulwark against climate change.

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