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After flying over the smoke covering Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the Rondonia region, Greenpeace Brazil spokesperson Thais Bannwart highlights the "seriousness" of the "indiscriminate use of fire" to "clear space for cattle ranching.
According to satellite data from the Brazilian Space Research Institute INPE, Rondonia just had its worst July for forest fires in 19 years, with 1,618 confirmed outbreaks. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES [TO COMPLETE 36EJ4WN_EN]