Now I am Nero, setting the Amazon aflame.”Wildfires often occur in the dry season in Brazil, but this year has been worse than normal, according to INPE.In addition, fires are deliberately started in efforts to illegally deforest land for cattle ranching.Cattle ranching is the largest driver of deforestation in every Amazon country, accounting for 80 percent of current deforestation rates.Amazon Brazil is home to approximately 200 million head of cattle, and is the largest exporter in the world, supplying about one-quarter of the global market.The Amazon rainforest has been fire-resistant for much of its history because of its natural moisture and humidity but NASA has said drought and human activities are causing wildfires.A release from the space agency said: “The intensity and frequency of droughts in turn, have been linked with increases in regional deforestation and anthropogenic climate change.”Ricardo Mello, head of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Amazon Programme, added the fires were “a consequence of the increase in deforestation seen in recent figures”.Now Brazilian federal prosecutors have said they are opening an official investigation into the rise in deforestation and forest fires.
newspaper archive.Amazon forest fires: ‘Unprecedented’ army operation tackle blazeAmazon fires satellite images as Bolsonaro enjoys comedy club night Amazon rainforest fire: The Amazon has seen a record number of fires this year Amazon rainforest fire: The smoke from the fires can be seen from space Amazon rainforest fire: Thousands of acres of land have been destroyed Amazon rainforest fire: Brazilian PM Jair Bolsonaro has been blamed by conservationists Amazon rainforest fire: More than 72,000 fires have started since January 2019 Amazon rainforest fire: NOAA has captured satellite images of the blaze from the sky Amazon rainforest fire: The fires cover a massive area The Brazilian Army has been deployed to help tackle the vicious fires after the nation's government faced mounting international pressure to take more action to tackle them. The Amazon rainforest, alternatively, the Amazon Jungle, also known in English as Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. Record-breaking fires are ripping through the Amazon — an ecosystem on which the whole world depends. The Amazon rainforest has been burning at record rates this year — with thousands of fires alone occurring in the past week.
"Macron cannot even avoid a predictable fire in a church that is part of the world's heritage, and he wants to give us lessons for our country?
The charred bodies of several huge pythons lie nearby, one with its mouth wide open.Most fires are set by farmers and cattle ranchers to clear land for pasture, or by illegal loggers and miners to drive indigenous people from protected territories.They are bolstered by Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who has long pledged to open up the Amazon, including its indigenous reserves, to mining, agriculture and oil and gas exploration.Deforestation increased by 25% in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, figures show.But the number of firefighters has been drastically cut.
At 3pm on Monday, Brazil’s largest city, São Paolo, plunged into darkness as a result of smoke from ongoing fires destroying the Amazon rainforest—thousands of miles … According to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) satellite data showed an 84 percent increase compared to the same period in 2018. Amazon rainforest fire: The smoke from the fires can be seen from space (Image: NASA) Wildfires often occur in the dry season in Brazil, but this year has been worse than normal, according to INPE. "Wildfires in the Amazon are not uncommon, but the way they are now spreading is a concern.According to NOAA the rainforest has been “fire-resistant” for much of its history because of its natural environment.INPE research Alberto Setzer told Reuters: “The dry season creates the favourable conditions for the use and spread of fire, but starting a fire is the work of humans, either deliberately or by accident. They fight the fires using water backpacks or just branches to smother the flames.Marcus says: “Now the government have stopped the money, we don’t have enough equipment. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper,
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