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Although the data is correct and corresponds to that of the Institute National Space Research Institute (INPE, in Portuguese), it is misleading to say that the outbreaks of fires during the Bolsonaro government are the lowest since 2000. Firstly, the data presented corresponds to the the entire Brazilian territory and not just the territory of the Amazon. Secondly, the table compares the evolution of fire outbreaks during the management of different Brazilian presidents in one year (12 months) with the first eight months of the head of state Jair Bolsonaro. Furthermore and in In relation to the above, the peak season of forest fires in Brazil is between August and December according to the INPE, so the data from the missing months are key to making a comparison. ![\\"Brazil](\\"\\") What is happening in Brazil with social network X: the dispute between Elon Musk and Brazilian Justice What would be the correct comparison then? Next, we do the calculations on the entire Brazilian territory and the area covered by the Amazon. ### Data for the entire territory To compare the number of fire outbreaks throughout the Brazilian territory Depending on the years, it is more precise to take into account the data until August of each year. The result is the following and how the database is updated daily we have based ourselves on those that were published on the 30th of August. They are available here. ![\\"\\"](\\"\\")In the table, we can see that, as the INPE assures, the total number of fires in Brazil is the highest in 10 years. Indeed, the total number of fire outbreaks recorded in Brazil from January to August in 2010 was 137,701 while the following years were much less. In 2019, from January 1st to August 30th, the number of registered fires was 87,257, as shown by INPE data. ![\\"origin](\\"\\") Someone who heard from a neighbor who had read it somewhere: the origin of the hoax about Haitians who eat pets The image that has circulated on social networks shows in the column «posição», that the year with the most outbreaks of fires was in 2007, when Luis Inácio Lula Da Silva governed. However, as we have explained, the Data referring to 2019 is not complete. If we make a comparison of January to August of every year, we observe that the year with the most outbreaks would be year 2005 and that the year 2019 is in eighth position, according to the data on August 30. ### Data from the Amazon If we take the data that refers specifically to the Amazon, the comparison to eight months also changes. These figures are available here and you can download them here. They are also from August 30 and are also missing, for the year 2019, the complete data for August, September, October, November and December. These months are the ones with the highest number of fires. About 85% of forest fires in Brazil occur between August and September, according to what the Lupa agency, specialized in verification in Brazil, citing INPE. If we take into account, as we have done previously, the data of all the years from January to August, we obtain the following table: ![\\"\\"](\\"\\")We can observe the following: between the months of January and August 2019, the institute counted a total of 44,028 fire outbreaks in the region. This figure is the largest since 2016, when it was 36,333. In Compared to the same period last year, fire outbreaks increased by 98.6%. Furthermore, in the month of August 2019, the number of outbreaks counted Day 30 was already higher than the total for the month in 2018 and is the highest since 2011. The Lupa agency denied a similar hoax. Here you can see the verification. Sources * INPE * Lupa Agency * Amazon * Brazil * Hoaxes * Data * Fires * This is our work methodology. 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Table comparing this year's Amazon fires with previous ones