Brazil rainforest fire – Burning at a second rate
- My summary of the event
- 72.843 fires in total
- 80% increase
- 20% of the oxygen
- Lasted for hours, days reported by media.
- Conservationists > Mr Bolsonaro
- The media’s reaction: Silence
Why did I choose this event?
Why should we care?
- Let’s go back to first page
- This is serious
- 20,000 square miles lost
- Half of Earth’s rainforests lost
Citations
Amazon rainforest fire: How did the Amazon fire start? How long has it been on
fire? (n.d.). Retrieved from Express website: https://www.express.co.uk/
news/world/1168299/
amazon-rainforest-fire-how-did-amazon-fires-start-cause-deforestation-how-long-fi
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AMAZON BLAZE Amazon rainforest fire – what caused the fire and when did it
start? (n.d.). Retrieved from The Sun website: https://www.thesun.co.uk/
news/9767426/amazon-rainforest-fire-start-what-caused/
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate, research center says.
(n.d.). Retrieved from CNN website: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/21/
americas/amazon-rainforest-fire-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html
Dramatic images and videos on social media show giant plumes of smoke rising
from the greenery, and lines of fire leaving blackened waste in their wake.
[Photograph]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/21/
americas/amazon-rainforest-fire-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html
A NASA satellite image shows several fires burning in the Brazilian Amazon
forest on 13 August 2019 [Photograph]. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/21/americas/amazon-rainforest-fire-intl-hnk-trnd/
index.html
São Paulo was plunged into darkness at around 3pm on Monday, August 19, which
lasted for around an hour, the local paper Folha de S Paulo reported.
[Photograph]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9767426/
amazon-rainforest-fire-start-what-caused/
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