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Amazon Fires and Supporting Indigenous Peoples

Following severe Amazon fires in 2019, the Arbor Day Foundation and Forest Trends partnered with indigenous groups to plant 1 million trees, improve food security, and support sustainable livelihoods while strengthening fire prevention and forest resilience.

View of the Amazon, with a building along the river and a dense forest.

In the summer of 2019, the Brazilian Amazon experienced the worst uncontrolled fires in its history; more than 80,000 fires were reported in the country by the National Institute for Space Research (INPA).