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The terrible fires in the Amazon continue to burn.
I’m adding this list to The Best Sites For Learning About Brazil.
Here’s what I have so far:
People are deliberately starting fires in the #AmazonRainforest to illegally deforest indigenous land for cattle ranching
Pataxó woman:
“These assholes came in and burned down [our reservation]… I want all of the media here to see this” pic.twitter.com/uGFp7RItHK— Sunrise Movement 🌅 (@sunrisemvmt) August 21, 2019
PHOTOS: The Amazon Rainforest, Ablaze In Brazil is from NPR.
Amazon fires: what is happening and is there anything we can do? is from The Guardian.
Some of the most widely shared photos of the fires in the Amazon rain forest aren't actually from the Amazon. Here are some of the misleading photos that celebrities and politicians are sharing. https://t.co/M8MkhT9CPj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 23, 2019
Amazon Rain Forest Fires: Here’s What’s Really Happening is from The NY Times.
You were taught in school that the rain forest is like the lungs of our planet. It’s not that simple is an NPR interactive.
In The Amazon’s Fire Season, ‘You Either Burn Or You Starve’ is from NPR.
Here’s what we know about the fires in the Amazon rainforest is from CNN.
Breaking News English Lesson: Amazon Fires
What Satellite Imagery Tells Us About the Amazon Rain Forest Fires is from The NY Times.
It is a terrible thing happening in the Amazonas Rain Forest, even more in this XXI century of technology and illimited resources for warfare and defence budgets not only in developed countries but also in the surrounding region.
We can´t expect from politicians and social leaders to solve a problem that affects us all. Each and every single person should be aware of the consequences of this disaster and take the necessary steps first of by supporting the community in need throughout recognised organisations in the area and second by supporting other entities or organisations that defend and support interests from the Amazonian Region.
Its only in our hands to take action and survey whats is happening in our planet and is our duty to awaken that environmental conscience in our sons and students as a legacy for their own survival.