What is 2020 Brazil wildfires?
{{Infobox wildfire |title=2020 Brazil wildfires |image=File:MODIS (2020-08-01).jpg |caption= Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from NASA, taken August 1, 2020. |url= |location=[[Brazil]] |date=July 2020 to present |acres= |cause = |hectares= |landuse= |buildings= |fatalities= |injuries= }} The '''2020 Brazil wildfires''' were a group of [[wildfire]]s that began burning Brazil's [[rainforest]]s in June<ref name=BBCJuly /> and continued into September. More than 12% of all the plants in the [[Pantanal]] rainforest had burned by August.<ref name=Macaw>{{cite news|publisher=Guardian|access-date=September 23, 2020|date=August 19, 2020|title=Fears for endangered macaw as fire devastates Brazilian wetland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/19/hyacinth-macaw-brazil-fire-pantanal-endangered-birds|author1=Fabiano Maisonnave|author2=Tom Phillips}}</ref> In June, Brazil's [[National Institute for Space Research]] (INPE) said its [[satellite]]s had taken pictures of 2,248 fires. In [[2019 Brazil wildfires|June 2019]], there had been 1,880 fires.<ref name=BBCJuly>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53262565|access-date=September 23, 2020|date=July 2, 2020|title=Amazon fires at 13-year high for June}}</ref> ==Causes== It is normal for there to be some fires in the rainforest. Some are caused by [[lightning]]. But experts say most of the 2020 wildfires were set by humans.<ref name=Macaw /> Satellite photos of the new fires show most of them started along roads leading into land belonging to indigenous peoples who live in Brazil.<ref name=MongaBay /> Environmental scientists say that a [[drought|time with very dry weather]] made the fires worse. In 2020, Brazil saw its worst drought in 50 years.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|publisher=Guardian|date=September 18, 2020|access-date=September 21, 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/18/brazilian-wetlands-fires-started-by-humans-and-worsened-by-drought|author=Dom Phillips|title=Brazilian we