Understand the burnings of the Amazon in six graphs
See why the problem is serious and is, yes, completely related to the increase in the rate of deforestation
Burning in Porto Velho, Rondônia - Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace
September has arrived and the Amazon is still burning. This month marks the peak of the fire season in Brazil and, even with the Army's action to combat fires, the number of hotspots until last Monday (2) in the Amazon region was 80% higher than in the same period. period last year.
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The government, in turn, continues to quibble – and so far has not presented a plan to combat deforestation. This Tuesday, the Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles, declared to a youtuber Canadian white supremacist that the Amazon burns every year and that this year is worse because of drought, something that has already been shown not to be true.
He also lied when he said that no money promised to the country came to Brazil under the Paris Agreement mechanisms – US$ 96 million came, specifically for actions to combat deforestation and sustainable development, but the funds are at a standstill because Salles extinguished the secretariat that took care of its application. Later, in an interview with CBN radio, he tried to shift the focus to Bolivia, being reminded by journalists that he is Jair Bolsonaro's Environment Minister and not Evo Morales's.
To help understand what is real and what is not in the discourse of public figures and clarify the confusion surrounding the data, the Climate Observatory has created a panel of interactive graphs that show that fire is indeed above average and it has a visceral correlation with deforestation. Check out:
