Live updates: Questioning continues on Day 3 of Barrett hearings, Trump files Supreme Court request to stop release of tax records, Breonna Taylor's boyfriend is "sure" cops didn't ID themselves, 911 call in South Dakota attorney general's deadly crash released. This practice is illegal but is not being monitored by Brazil's government, said Nigel Sizer, chief program officer of Rainforest Alliance. It is the fourth most affected area in Brazil this summer, reports Euronews. It also is home to a number of indigenous people who rely on the forest's resources. When asked to provide evidence, he gave none. Since taking office in January, Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of harming the Amazon rainforest and indigenous peoples in order to benefit loggers, miners and farmers who helped get him elected. 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Forsyth said the Amazon generates rain that helps crops grow across the Americas, which affects basic food supplies. Moira Birss, finance campaign director of nonprofit Amazon Watch, said the indigenous people and others who live in or near the forest face the most immediate harm. Smoke appeared to blanket the states in the startling images. The Amazon is often called "the lungs of the world," absorbing greenhouse gases that would otherwise harm the planet. The more fire, the less forest. In response to the staggering increase in wildfires this year, Bolsonaro suggested nongovernmental organizations could be starting them to make his administration look bad. Here's why it's on fire and why it has become such a big problem. The Amazon did not evolve to burn, but for centuries, fire has been used to clear space in the rainforest for agricultural crops, from soybeans to palm to cattle. Sizer said previous Brazilian administrations have been environmentally conscious and decreased the rate of deforestation. NASA explained "activity" peaks by early September and stops by mid-November. Now massive wildfires are burning across the globe. The smoke has traveled from the fires blazing in the Brazilian states of Rondônia and Amazonas and blackened the sky above the city for about an hour, the BBC added. There have been more than 74,000 wildfires across Brazil this year, up 85% over the same period in 2018, and about 40,000 of them are burning in the Amazon, according to the country's National Institute of Space Research. Fri 23 Aug 2019 11.33 EDT First published on Fri 23 Aug 2019 08 ... think twice before buying Brazilian beef or other products unless certified by groups such as Rainforest Alliance. Sizer said putting out wildfires in the Amazon is "basically impossible." Sometimes it is so bad, it is hard to see how bad it actually is on the ground below. 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