A two-minute round-up of the latest Amazon news

Photojournalist Edmar Barros travels through one of the regions hardest hit by the fires in the Amazon to show the havoc wreaked by flames and drought. In this diary, published by Amazônia Latitude in partnership with SUMAÚMA, he discusses his expedition

The planet’s largest rainforest lacks water and clean air, the smoke from fires is overtaking regions of the Amazon, extreme events are multiplying and scientists are warning: we are entering ‘an unfamiliar domain that no one has ever witnessed in the history of humanity’

In the first 10 days of September, there were four days with more fire hotspots than the infamous ‘day of fire’ in 2019