WE’RE THINKING ABOUT THE AMAZON FIRES ALL WRONG.
For weeks, we’ve seen headlines saying the Amazon rainforest is burning. But something unexpected happens when you map satellite data showing both the fires this year and those that have burned in the previous four years: The bulk of the forest remains almost entirely intact. Confused? That’s because the heart of the Amazon is not actually on fire. Inst ead, most of the fires are burning at the fringes of the forest. They are mostly a man -made event. These fires are set in areas that had already been deforested in previous years and are now being cleared for agriculture. Brazil nearly doubled its arable land for intensive row cropping between 2000 and 2014, according to a recent study by researchers from the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland. Much of the new cultivable land is a result of deforestation.
Disponível em: https://www.washingtonpost.com/. (adapted) Acesso em: 20 jul 2020
No início desta década, o desmatamento no Brasil diminuiu consideravelmente, porém, mais recentemente, o desmatamento e os incêndios que o acompanham aumentaram. Os incêndios foram tão massivos, que, em São Paulo, nuvens de fumaça originadas na Amazônia transformaram o dia em noite.
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