The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical forest. Photos: major wildfires have ignited across Europe, Asia, and Latin America. An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019. Pictures of the year 2019. In Brazil, which holds 60% of the rainforest, fires in the Amazon biome rose by 42% in the first nine months of 2019, compared to the same period last year. A fire burns in the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, on Aug. 14, 2019. Why is this a big deal? Aug. 23, 2019. For many indigenous peoples, ... but it's far worse in 2019. Indigenous peoples and farmers are clashing over the fires raging in the Brazilian parts of the Amazon Rainforest. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino. It does show the Amazon, but definitely not the current fires. But less well covered were the lives of the people who call the rainforest home. ... Aug 22 2019 1:30 PM EDT. In August 2019, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported an increase in fires in the Amazon rainforest. Amazon.com: rainforest plants pictures. This image was taken from NASA's Terra/MODIS satellite on August 21, 2019. ... Brazil's Amazon rainforest is burning and the fire can be seen from space. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, August 2019 CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images. Farmers raze the rainforest to keep up with the global demand. The Amazon rainforest—home to one in 10 species on Earth—is on fire. Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, August 17, 2019. Fires in the Amazon sparked headlines all over the world this summer. All. As the fires in the rainforest continue to burn, our environment could be harmed. Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images Brazil is the world's top exporter of beef, and the second top soy exporter behind the US. Today Greenpeace Brazil released dramatic photos of rainforest fires currently burning in the Brazilian Amazon.. People liked the image over 30,000 times, after Logan Paul posted it with the caption: ‘These pictures are breaking my heart’. It is estimated that the region is home to one tenth of all of the Earth’s species. These photos showing before and after the devastating Amazon rainforest fires puts into perspective how bad they really are. On August 26, 2019, Europe's richest man, Bernard Arnault, declared that his LVMH group will donate $11 million to aid in the fight against the Amazon rainforest wildfires.