Thread by @ecosia

More than 10% of the #Pantanal in Brazil has been burned by the wildfires that have been raging since July, killing thousands of animals in a crucial biodiversity hotspot. Why is this happening, and what can you do? THREAD (1/) abcnews.go.com/International/…

The severity of the fires has been communicated to us directly from our tree-planting partners in Brazil such as @aacopaiba, who neighbor the Pantanal. Currently, your trees aren't affected. (2/)

A small area on the Brazilian border to Bolivia, the Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland and an important source of water for animals. It’s where you’ll find the world’s largest population of jaguars and more than a thousand animal species. (3/)
theguardian.com/environment/ga…

While fires happen every year, a combination of drought, destruction of moisture-producing forests in the Amazon, rising ocean temperatures that send storms further north and a floodless rainy season have made the forest particularly vulnerable. (4/)
news.mongabay.com/2020/08/fires-…

Similarly to the West Coast in the US, climate change has allowed wildfires to grow bigger and stronger. According to NASA, fires in the Pantanal are four times as big as in the Amazon, making them the worst fires in the region in half a century. (5/)
nytimes.com/2020/09/16/cli…

Because tree planting also involves making sure our trees stay alive, we have been investing in firefighting in Brazil to protect the forest from the increasing number of wildfires. (6/)
blog.ecosia.org/tree-planters-…

If you want to help directly by donating to organisations on the ground, our partners in Brazil have recommended the following:
- @sospantanal pag.ae/7Wo8z6mzt
- @ecotropica2
- Instituto Homem de Panteiro ecosia.co/ihp
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We’re in touch with organisations in the Pantanal to find out ways we can further support, and will share updates as they come in. (8/8)