![]() Fires are also deliberately caused by bandits or cattle thieves just after their crimes, especially in border areas with Guinea-Bissau and Gambia. These fire outbreaks have been identified in Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.Īccording to Djimanga Diédhiou, regional water and forest inspector of Sédhiou in southwest Senegal, the perpetrators of these bushfires are charcoal makers, honey collectors, hunters, smugglers who seek to escape customs patrols, slash-and-burn farming, pasture renewal, and the recklessness of smokers and campers. ![]() The red dots symbolising the sources of fire are more massive and dense than anywhere else, leaving the image of a burning continent to appear. It clearly shows that central and south-eastern Africa are much more affected by forest fires than in the Amazon. As the world’s seven most powerful nations (G7) express their concern about the ongoing fires in South America’s Amazonian forest, with 22 million euros in emergency aid, a map of NASA, produced on August 26, 2019, draws attention to Africa. ![]() A major challenge is the interactive fire map produced by the American Space Agency (NASA).
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