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How very alarming and sad and tragic. It's not just trees burning, but
entire ecosystems that live in and around the trees, including birds,
frogs, monkeys, tapirs, jaguars, bats, insects, sloths, snakes, and the
few remaining indigenous tribes. The report attributes most of the
fires to arson.
The rain forests produce their own weather, so as they disappear,
drought replaces rain and deserts are created. Rainforests do not come
back once they're gone. This is an enormous loss for the planet and
future generations of humans and animals.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/wwf-2024-amazon-forest-fire-171226299.html
Tens of thousands of fires swept through the Brazilian Amazon during the recently concluded forest fire season, with the environmental
organization WWF reporting on Monday that the blazes destroyed an area
about the size of Italy.
From the beginning of the year to the end of November, around 135,000
fires were registered, according to recent data released by the
Institute for Space Research (Inpe), which is responsible for satellite monitoring.
This was about 44% more than in the same period last year. In the Amazon
region 130,000 square kilometres were affected by the fires.
In addition, almost 80,000 fires were reported in the Cerrado savannah – around 64% more than in the previous year. The Pantanal wetlands saw
14,500 wildfires – an increase of almost 140%.
WWF said a total of 300,000 square kilometres were affected in the three regions.
"In most cases, the fires are caused by arson. Year after year, valuable
forest is torched, primarily to make way for soybean plantations and
cattle pastures," said Konstantin Ochs, a Brazil consultant at WWF Germany.
"Without Brazil's forests, the goals of the Paris Agreement cannot be
achieved. Halting deforestation is absolutely essential and
irreplaceable for climate protection," he said.
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