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International Business Times
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Who Is Setting Fire To The Amazon?

Field fires -- like this one in June 2025 in Sao Felix do Xingu, Para state, Brazil -- is a cheap way to clear pastures (Credit: AFP)

"Red John" is an old acquaintance of landowners and ranchers in the Brazilian Amazon.

He helps clears pastures cheaply, but also leaves blackened earth and charred trees in his wake -- threatening the planet's largest tropical forest.

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