A record number of wildfires are burning in Brazil's Amazon rainforest | CBC News
10:52pm PDT - August 20th, 2019 amazon rainforest - CBC NewsWildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research centre, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy.