The Amazon rainforest has been burning for the past three weeks. In Amazon, fire incidents this year has been 85% higher than in 2013. According to Brazil's space agency, The National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Amazon had the highest number of fire incidents this year. The agency said that between January and August, about 73 thousand fire incidents have been reported, which was 39,309 in the whole of 2018. Earlier in 2013, there were record incidents of fire.
Surprisingly, it was not being given much attention internally. But #prayforamazonas started trending on social media like Twitter, people demanded to stop the incident.
This fire has spread to 5300 square kilometers, millions of animals are dead and those tribal people are also in danger who have never seen the outside world.
what is the importance of Amazon rainforest ?
Everyone is aware of how important the Amazon rainforest is to the earth, this forest which gives 20% oxygen to the earth is called the lungs of the earth, on which there are millions of species of trees, animals, insects. We will never be seen and tribal tribes reside here, who have not even seen the outside world till date.
What caused the fire ?
Experts say that the incidence of fire is increasing due to deforestation in Brazil. A few days ago some cities were covered by black deep smoke, which caused a huge air pollution problem and everything became hazy. Environmental activists hold Barcelona President Jair Bolsonaro responsible for this situation. They says that Brazilian president appease people in timber smugglers and illegal mining, adding to the plight of blunders.
At the same time, President Bolsonaro says that NGOs are being held responsible for the latest fire incident. They say that Green groups have hatched this criminal conspiracy to malign my government. He expressed doubts that the Green Groups are doing this because their government has reduced their funding. He said, "We are facing a war." He added, 'Fire has been set at important places. All indications suggest that he went to filming there and caught fire. I think so.'
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