Post by account_disabled on Mar 10, 2024 4:48:58 GMT 1
Climate change is doing its thing. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 84% more fires than in 2018, however, the most recent one is destroying this great lung of the world.
This situation has been highly criticized and even the environmental policy of the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, - skeptical of global warming - has been accused, since it is suspected that many fires could have been caused by NGOs in "war" against his government.
Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) said satellite images have detected 9,507 new forest fires, mainly in the Amazon basin, the world's largest tropical forest.
Since August 9, the Amazon was declared an emergency Chile Mobile Number List in the south and in its capital, Manaus. Acre, on the border with Peru, has been in environmental alarm for a few days due to fires.
According to the satellites of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 50.5% of the hot spots shown on its map are located in the Amazon.
" The Amazon provides 20% of the oxygen we breathe. If we do nothing, each living being can become lifeless. We cause this, and we do not help solve it as soon as possible ," wrote one user.
According to the newspaper El Comercio of Peru, the fires in the Amazon are due to burning caused to deforest land, with the aim of converting it into a grazing area, or to clear already deforested areas, generally in the dry season, which It should end within two months.
But the cause of the current lack of control, according to analysts, is the sharp increase in deforestation: 2,254.8 km2 in July, almost quadruple the same month in 2018, according to INPE.
International crisis breaks out
For his part, the president of France described the Amazon fire as an "international crisis."
For this reason, he chose to inform that he would include the issue on the G7 agenda.
Bolsonaro is against Macron for his decision to include the issue on the G7 agenda and has accused the French president of wanting to "instrumentalize" an internal Brazilian issue to obtain personal political gains, while pointing out the countries that give money for the preservation of the jungle from "interfering in the sovereignty of Brazil."
" The French president's suggestion that Amazonian issues be discussed in the G7 without the participation of the countries in the region evokes a colonialist mentality that no longer has a place in the 21st century ," added the Brazilian far-right leader.
CSOs and environmentalists also declare
WWF- Brazil regretted the "new attempt by President Jair Bolsonaro to divert the legitimate debate of civil society on the need to protect the Amazon and, consequently, to combat the deforestation that causes the disproportionate fires that devastate the country and compromise the air quality in various regions.
The Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles, maintains, however, that strong winds were the cause of the phenomenon.
"Dry weather, wind and heat caused fires to increase greatly throughout the country ," Salles said on his Twitter account, announcing the sending of brigade members to contain the fires.
It should be noted that the minister was booed when giving his speech at the Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week, which takes place in Salvador.
The meeting we have here effectively consolidates the concern, the important moment we live in the world of climate change" and serves "for Brazil to show examples of sustainability" and look for investment opportunities ," Salles said.
For their part, environmentalists have harshly criticized the situation:
" The Amazon is on fire and they are talking about climate financing," denounced Thais Vinhas, from the Terra Mirim foundation.
President blames OSC
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said that NGOs could be causing the fires in the Amazon rainforest because they are upset that his government withdrew funding.
Bolsonaro says that the workers have been affected by the lack of money, after his Government withdrew their funds and "there would be, I am not affirming, criminal action" by these people "to draw attention to me, against the Government of Brazil.
This situation has been highly criticized and even the environmental policy of the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, - skeptical of global warming - has been accused, since it is suspected that many fires could have been caused by NGOs in "war" against his government.
Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) said satellite images have detected 9,507 new forest fires, mainly in the Amazon basin, the world's largest tropical forest.
Since August 9, the Amazon was declared an emergency Chile Mobile Number List in the south and in its capital, Manaus. Acre, on the border with Peru, has been in environmental alarm for a few days due to fires.
According to the satellites of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 50.5% of the hot spots shown on its map are located in the Amazon.
" The Amazon provides 20% of the oxygen we breathe. If we do nothing, each living being can become lifeless. We cause this, and we do not help solve it as soon as possible ," wrote one user.
According to the newspaper El Comercio of Peru, the fires in the Amazon are due to burning caused to deforest land, with the aim of converting it into a grazing area, or to clear already deforested areas, generally in the dry season, which It should end within two months.
But the cause of the current lack of control, according to analysts, is the sharp increase in deforestation: 2,254.8 km2 in July, almost quadruple the same month in 2018, according to INPE.
International crisis breaks out
For his part, the president of France described the Amazon fire as an "international crisis."
For this reason, he chose to inform that he would include the issue on the G7 agenda.
Bolsonaro is against Macron for his decision to include the issue on the G7 agenda and has accused the French president of wanting to "instrumentalize" an internal Brazilian issue to obtain personal political gains, while pointing out the countries that give money for the preservation of the jungle from "interfering in the sovereignty of Brazil."
" The French president's suggestion that Amazonian issues be discussed in the G7 without the participation of the countries in the region evokes a colonialist mentality that no longer has a place in the 21st century ," added the Brazilian far-right leader.
CSOs and environmentalists also declare
WWF- Brazil regretted the "new attempt by President Jair Bolsonaro to divert the legitimate debate of civil society on the need to protect the Amazon and, consequently, to combat the deforestation that causes the disproportionate fires that devastate the country and compromise the air quality in various regions.
The Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles, maintains, however, that strong winds were the cause of the phenomenon.
"Dry weather, wind and heat caused fires to increase greatly throughout the country ," Salles said on his Twitter account, announcing the sending of brigade members to contain the fires.
It should be noted that the minister was booed when giving his speech at the Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week, which takes place in Salvador.
The meeting we have here effectively consolidates the concern, the important moment we live in the world of climate change" and serves "for Brazil to show examples of sustainability" and look for investment opportunities ," Salles said.
For their part, environmentalists have harshly criticized the situation:
" The Amazon is on fire and they are talking about climate financing," denounced Thais Vinhas, from the Terra Mirim foundation.
President blames OSC
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said that NGOs could be causing the fires in the Amazon rainforest because they are upset that his government withdrew funding.
Bolsonaro says that the workers have been affected by the lack of money, after his Government withdrew their funds and "there would be, I am not affirming, criminal action" by these people "to draw attention to me, against the Government of Brazil.