Burn more fires in The Brazilian Amazon rainforest in August from in which month in Nearly five years, thanks to the boom in Illegal deforestation.
Satellite sensors detected 33,116 fires, according to Brazil national space institute. The dry season months of August and September are usually the worst for Both deforestation and fire.
she was also worst August for fires in 12 years. includes August of 2019, when pictures of Shocked the burning rainforest world He drew criticism from European leaders. Bolsonaro recently took over office And he was turning to the environment application on that it headsaying criminals should He is not fined and promised development of Amazon.
The far-right president downplayed the blazing fires then and continues to do so today. Tell media network Globo on August 22 – Worst one day for disease outbreak of fire in 15 years – that criticism is part of An attempt to undermine the country’s agribusiness.
“Brazil does not deserve to be attacked in This way, Bolsonaro said, who campaigning for Re-election.
Fires are visible even from several hundred miles away in biggest amazon cityManaus, where the smoke hung in The sky for weeks.
Fire in Amazon always on purpose set, primarily to improve livestock pastures or burn recently cut trees once they have dried out. It often catches fire out of Control and spread in virgin areas of Woods.
after a quiet period with Unusually heavy rain in In early August, coordinator Anne Alencar said, the fires started to spread rapidly of Fire Mapbiomas project run by network of Non-profit organizations, universities and tech startup companies.
“Elimination of Forests rate He is very high. This means there are many deciduous trees ready to be burned,” Alencar told The Associated Press. in Zoom interview. The fire The season will be up more capacitor in September.”
about 20% of The area burnt in This is amazon year The forest has been cleared recently. Some are among the protected areas targeted by land fanatics, according to an analysis by the center of The Life Institute is a Brazilian non-profit organization based in on NASA Global Fire Emissions Database.
One example is Cristalino II State Park in Mato Grosso, reserve area The state court recently declared it illegal. State Prosecutor office resume it decisionbut it seems that the legal solution give License to deforestation, unleash a wave of Devastation. in just The past a few weeks , fire she has destroyed approximately 40 square kilometers (15 square miles) in Garden despite existence of Firefighters by center of Life Institute.
Widespread fire Means that Brazil fails to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, roughly half The country’s carbon pollution comes from land conversion. The Amazon rainforest is an important carbon sink for planet, but burning wood releases that carbon into the atmosphere.
During the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also Known as COP26, earlier this year Bolsonaro government He promised to stop all illegal deforestation by 2028. So far during his tenure, the rate of forest loss has risen to 15-year high.
If Brazil wants it reduce Carbon emissions, number one The thing to do is reduce Elimination of Forests. and the second he is reduce The use of fire, Alesar said.
