Aerial view of recently deforested areas for the expansion of livestock, in Porto Velho, Rondônia state.
Every year, Greenpeace Brazil flies over the Amazon to monitor deforestation build up and forest fires. From September 12th to the 14th, flights were made over points with Deter (Real Time Deforestation Detection System) and Prodes (Brazilian Amazon Satellite Monitoring Project) fire warnings, besides heatspots alerted by Inpe (National Institute for Space Research), in Amazonas, Rondônia, Mato Grosso and Pará states.