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94090, Albuquerque, NM 87199-Why is the Amazon on fire?
People who want to clear land in the
Amazon for business prospects are cut-
ting down portions of the forest, leaving
them out to dry and setting them on fire.
With the trees out of the way, they have
room to grow crops or raise cattle.
This practice is illegalbut is not being
monitored by Brazil’s government, said
Nigel Sizer, chief program officer of
Rainforest Alliance. Not only is the gov-
ernment turning the other way, Presi-
dent Jair Bolsonaro is encouraging the
practice, Sizer said.
“With confidence, we can say that a
lot of that is illegal and is happening be-
cause the government has given the nod
to illegal clearing and burning across the
Amazon,” Sizer said. “The president has
even encouraged the invasion of indige-
nous territories and areas that the pre-
vious administrations have really been
working hard to protect.”
Bolsonaro has blamed environmen-
tal nonprofits for acting as obstacles in
his mission to further develop Brazil’s
economy. His administration has eased
protections of areas such as the Ama-
zon, making way for people to damage
the rainforest.
In response to the staggering in-
crease in wildfires this year, Bolsonaro
suggested nongovernmental organiza-
tions could be starting them to make his
administration look bad. He took office
Jan. 1.
“Maybe – I am not affirming it – these
(NGO people) are carrying out some
criminal actions to draw attention
against me, against the government of
Brazil,” Bolsonaro told reporters.
When asked to provide evidence, he
gave none. “There is a war going on in
the world against Brazil, an information
war,” Bolsonaro said.
Sizer said previous Brazilian admini-
strations have been environmentally
conscious and decreased the rate of de-
forestation. With this president,
though, he said he is worried.
“It takes a while for people to react
and respond, and what we’re seeing
now is the first wave of that,” Sizer said.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if these num-
bers get a lot of worse if the government
does not change course.”
Are the fires normal?The Amazon holds a lot of moisture –
massive fires aren’t a natural occur-
rence there. Sizer said that if it’s a dry
season and you set a fire in the under-
growth it may spread a little, but it pe-
ters out quickly. But once you start
clearing forest and let the trees dry, fires
can cause more damage, he said.
“The forest shifts from being a fire-
resistant ecosystem to a fire-prone eco-
system,” Sizer said.
The trees, plants and animals in the
Amazon are not adaptive to fire, and so
they are easily killed. That is different
from forests in North America, which
have adapted to wildfires and can sur-
vive them, Sizer said.
Sizer said putting out wildfires in theAmazon is “basically impossible.”
They’ll run their course until they run
out of chopped-down trees to burn. The
best way to stop a crisis like this is for
the government to strictly protect the
land, said Adrian Forsyth, co-founder of
Amazon Conservation Association.
“If you had an enlightened president
in Brazil, they would put a stop to illegal
deforestation in Brazil, just in the way
that they prevent robbery and murder,”
Forsyth said.The human consequences“The Amazon is a rain factory,”
Forsyth said, describing the Amazon’s
role in people’s lives.
He said the Amazon generates rain
that helps crops grow across the Amer-
icas, which affects basic food supplies.
Additionally, without the Amazon’s car-
bon absorption, damage to the climate
becomes increasingly unavoidable, For-
syth said.
“The Amazon is the biggest storer of
tropical carbon in the world, and if that
goes up into the sky it’s going to be im-
possible to meet the climate goals that
we’re trying to establish,” Forsyth said.Moira Birss, finance campaign direc-
tor of nonprofit Amazon Watch, said the
peoplewho live in or near the forest face
immediate harm.
“The fires specifically for folks who
are living in that are extremely harmful,
the air they’re breathing, the ability to
live their daily lives, and in some cases,
it’s affecting people’s land,” Birss said.
She said people haveasked Amazon
Watch how they can help. Ultimately,
she said, it’s the government’s responsi-
bility to end illegal fire setting. Sizer said
one way people can help, is by donating
to Brazilian environmental groups.
Contributing: The Associated PressAmazon
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FRENCH GUIANAGUYANAAmazon fires rage in Brazil“It takes a while for people to
react and respond, and what we’re
seeing now is the first wave of that.
I wouldn’t be surprised if these
numbers get a lot of worse.”
Nigel Sizer
Rainforest Alliance