These days, a special news appeared in our view. The wettest tropical rain forest on earth has been burning for more than three weeks. For three weeks, no rescue was given to the wildfire, no helicopter was sent out to put out the fire, and no local residents spontaneously organized to put out the fire. On August 21, Brazilian president bosonaro hinted that non-governmental organizations were responsible for the fire. Environmental groups say the blaze was caused by farmers and loggers setting fire to clean up and use the Amazon rainforest, as a result of increased deforestation.
According to the latest report of foreign media, "the lung of the earth" is burning at an unprecedented speed, and the smoke has even spread to cities 3000 kilometers away. Thousands of fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest, and tropical vegetation, trees and animals inhabited in them have been reduced to ashes. Since August 15, more than 9500 forest fires have occurred in Brazil, mainly in the Amazon basin . Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world, which can consume a lot of carbon dioxide and prevent climate warming. There are abundant animal and plant resources in the forest area, with up to 3 million species and 1 million indigenous people.
So far this year, scientists have recorded more than 74000 fires in Brazil, almost double the number of about 40000 in 2018. Brazil's National Institute of space research reported that this data marks an 83% increase in the number of wildfires this year over the same period in 2018. Earlier this month, Brazil's largest Amazon state declared a state of emergency. When the Amazon is in trouble, environmentalists are raging at Brazilian president borsonaro, accusing him of encouraging loggers and farmers to clear their land. Scientists have also come forward to say that since borsonaro came to power in January, the rainforest has been disappearing faster, and the president has put development above environmental protection. But borsonaro said fires in the Amazon rainforest are normal and not man-made. In fact, people from all walks of life are dissatisfied with borsonaro's environmental policy, and the increase in the number of fires is only a fuse. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (inPE) recently said that, after looking at satellite data and starting tracking records in 2013, 2019 has become the year with the most fires observed, and with the remaining four months, the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest this year has set a new record. Compared with the same period in 2018, the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest this year is higher The number of fires increased by 84%.