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Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Amazon rainforest fires: Ten readers’ questions answered
The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that spread to nine South American countries, 60% of which lies in Brazil. The rainforest represents over half of the remaining rainforests with nearly 400 billion trees. Since one in ten known species lives in the rainforest, it is the world’s most bio-diversified forest. And it has been home for indigenous peoples for over ten millenniums and is also the largest producer of oxygen on the land. The Amazon rainforest is indeed essential for plants and trees, wild species, and humans.
However, the forest has been aggressively deforested and converted to pasture to grow cattle and farmland to plant soybeans. The current Brazilian president has in fact allowed deforestation for farming and logging much more than his predecessors. Also, people deliberately lit fires to make more farmland even in the dry season. And these human activities seem to have caused devastating fires in many parts of the rainforest at an unprecedented scale and speed, which are emitting carbon monoxide and smog that can be seen from thousands of kilometers away.
Now, environmentalists, scientists, and even some world leaders are very much concerned about this year’s Amazon rainforest fires. But who is to blame? Will the fires choke people in other parts of the world to death?
Enjoy reading the answers to ten commonly asked questions about Amazon’s fire.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49450925
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