While the world worries about the wildfires currently raging in the Amazon, some people have noticed that even more fires seem to be burning in sub-Saharan Africa. However, comparing the two sets of fires could be like comparing apples to oranges.
If you look at the data from NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management Map , which show a large swatch of fire across Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The alarming area of these fires has left some people wondering why so much attention is being paid to the Amazon, while on the surface it appears Africa is alight with even more blazes.
Many of them are controlled firesAn image NASA released of the agricultural fires in Angola and West Africa in 2015 seemed, at first glance, alarming: Thousands of red dots were spread across the continent, a situation that looked like an emergency. However, NASA concluded"the location, widespread nature, and number of fires suggest that these fires were deliberately set to manage land.
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