More fires burning across central Africa than Amazon as global deforestation rates approach record high

Macron suggests similar aid initiative for sub-Saharan African nations as for Amazon

Fire rages in the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Rondonina on August 23Smoke billlows from burning tracts of the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Para on August 234/25

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