Forest fires in South America (2019-08-24)

<br/> Activation time (UTC): 2019-08-24 20:46:00<br/> Event time (UTC): 2019-08-01 10:00:00<br/> Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)<br/> <br/> Activation reason: <br/> Wide areas of South America, especially the Amazonas catchment, currently suffer from a large amount of forest fires. Several states in the Northwest of Brasil are particularly affected. As reported by the Brasilian space agency (INPE), there is an increase in the number of fires of 83 % in 2019, compared to the same period in the preceding year. More than 70.000 fires have been registered so far. Parts of Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina are also affected. This incident is widely described as an international crisis due to the Amazonas rainforests' importance for global climate. <br/> <br/> Reference products: 0<br/> Delineation products: 0<br/> Grading products: 0<br/> <br/> Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.<br/>