Amazon Rainforest Fire: Farmers Likely Started Most Of The Fires
Mumbai: The Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate. Brazil has seen more than 74,000 fires this year - nearly double 2018’s total of about 40,000 fires. About 10,000 new fires started in the last week alone.
Scientists and environmentalists say farmers likely started most of the fires in their efforts to clear land for crops or livestock. One researcher estimated that humans start 99% of all Amazon rainforest fires.
About 99% of Amazon fires start from human actions, “either on purpose or by accident,” Alberto Setzer, a senior scientist at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE), told CNN.
The world’s largest rainforest has been burning since over a week with little or no media coverage throughout the world.
This is the worst fire in the amazon rainforest since 2013. Major cities like Sao Paulo are seeing thick clouds of smoke in the sky.
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