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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.
