The Amazon fires are so widespread and severe that they’re visible from space, and environmental activists and world leaders are demanding immediate action to protect indigenous peoples and wildlife. Here’s what you can do
Brazil wildfires. Photo: Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Gross/AP/Shutterstock The Amazon, the most diverse ecosystem in the world, is burning at a devastatingly rapid rate. Since the start of the year, Brazil has recorded more than 76,000 fires across the country — most of which have erupted in the rain forest — which is an 84 percent increase over the same period in 2018. Since last Thursday alone, there have been at least 9,500 fires.
While much of the damage inflicted on the wildlife and indigenous communities in the region — as well as the Earth’s atmosphere — is irreversible, organizations, activists, and world leaders are urging people to help in any way they can. “The Rainforest Alliance is working to leverage our longstanding relationships in the public and private sectors to pressure the Brazilian government to reinstate the environmental enforcement that is essential to defending the Amazon against illegal logging, destructive slash-and-burn agriculture, and other existential threats,” the statement reads.
Protect an acre of land. You can also donate money through the Rainforest Action Network’s Protect an Acre program, which funnels donations to grassroots organizations that fight to protect both threatened forest territories and the communities that have lived in these regions for generations. Per the organization’s website, “These grants are critical to help local activists regain control of and sustainably manage traditional territories.” Learn more here.
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