There have been 267 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, burning more than 105,000 hectares (260,000 acres) — an area roughly the size of Los Angeles, California.

More than 75 percent of these fires blazed in the Brazilian Amazon, in areas where trees have been cut to make way for agriculture, despite a June 27 ban on unauthorized outdoor fires by the Brazilian government, according to a report by the Amazon Conservation Association’s Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project.

Drone video, filmed on September 10, shows plumes of smoke rising from the forest and the effects on nature.

There have been 267 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, burning more than 105,000 hectares (260,000 acres) — an area roughly the size of Los Angeles, California. More than 75% of these fires blazed in the Brazilian Amazon, in areas where trees have been cut to make way for agriculture, despite a June 27 ban on unauthorized outdoor fires by the Brazilian government, according to a report by the Amazon Conservation Association’s Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP).

The video shows plumes of smoke rising from the forest, burned trees, animals and birds living there and smoke on the ground of burned down areas.

This footage was filmed and produced 10 September 2021.