Brazilian Farmers Burn Forest For Farming in the Amazon Basin
Date: 24-Sep-03
Country: BRAZIL
Author: RR/GAC
Photo: RICKEY ROGERS
The Brazilian government sent fire fighters on September 23, 2003 to battle major forest fires burning out of control in at least four states, including several nature reserves, believed to have begun from farmers clearing land at the end of the dry season, just before the yearly rains begin.