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2. The Amazon the largest lung in our world is on fire😭.
It's time for humanity to stop & think seriously about what it is doing🤨.
Is this our legacy for future generations😠?
Is money more important than conserving nature😡?
🗣️We need the forests to survive.
🗣️Protect nature!
It's time for humanity to stop & think seriously about what it is doing🤨.
Is this our legacy for future generations😠?
Is money more important than conserving nature😡?
🗣️We need the forests to survive.
🗣️Protect nature!
1.The Amazon the largest lung in our world is on fire😭.
It's time for humanity to stop & think seriously about what it is doing🤨.
Is this our legacy for future generations😠?
Is money+important than conserving nature😡?
🗣️We need the forests to survive.
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It's time for humanity to stop & think seriously about what it is doing🤨.
Is this our legacy for future generations😠?
Is money+important than conserving nature😡?
🗣️We need the forests to survive.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1164551…
THREAD: The #Amazon, a fortress for life on Earth, is burning nearly twice as fast as last year.
"All parties must come together to stop the setting of these devastating fires," says WCS's Carlos Durigan. #PrayforAmazonia (1/4)
"All parties must come together to stop the setting of these devastating fires," says WCS's Carlos Durigan. #PrayforAmazonia (1/4)
The #AmazonFires are threatening:
–34 million people 🙂
–1,500+ bird species 🦜
–550 reptiles 🐍
–500 mammals 🐗
–Forest that stores up to 200 GT of carbon🌴 (2/4)
–34 million people 🙂
–1,500+ bird species 🦜
–550 reptiles 🐍
–500 mammals 🐗
–Forest that stores up to 200 GT of carbon🌴 (2/4)
This includes species like the Milton's titi monkey that's only been documented in the area of #Brazil now on fire.
There is fear we may be losing many of these endemic species. #ActForAmazonas @natashaldaly (3/4)
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There is fear we may be losing many of these endemic species. #ActForAmazonas @natashaldaly (3/4)
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What’s happening with fires in the Amazon, and what’s at stake?
1) Thousands of fires are raging across the Amazon basin, primarily in Brazil. Most of these fires are happening in areas that have already been deforested.
Map from the @guardian
1) Thousands of fires are raging across the Amazon basin, primarily in Brazil. Most of these fires are happening in areas that have already been deforested.
Map from the @guardian
@guardian 2) Unlike areas like the western United States where wildfires are common, the Amazon does not generally just burn. Fires mostly happen where land has been deforested.
Read more from @vice featuring @globalforests data
vice.com/en_us/article/…
Read more from @vice featuring @globalforests data
vice.com/en_us/article/…
@guardian @VICE @globalforests 3) Deforestation across the Amazon takes many forms, but it is rooted in the same thing: Colonization, theft of indigenous territories & resource extraction.
Indigenous people are the best protectors of the rainforest, and the most at risk from its destruction.
Indigenous people are the best protectors of the rainforest, and the most at risk from its destruction.
