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Politics and anti-environmental agendas have fueled the Amazonian fires, UCLA experts said. Fires have been burning in the Amazon Basin since August, eliciting international attention. The spotlight has been focused particularly on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for his potential role in encouraging forest burning in the basin.

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Amazon fires product of environmental policy abuses, UCLA experts explain

By Phoebe Chen

Oct. 4, 2019 12:50 a.m.