Fire in Amazon Jungle: its consequences are serious, a big signal for future

Brasilia
has come under global tussle over the fire in the Amazon forest. The right-wing president of the country, Jair Bolsonaro, is on the target of critics regarding the fire in these forests called the lung of the world.

President Bolsonaro, on the other hand, claims that an NGO has deliberately set fire to discredit his government.

Bolsonaro is specifically targeting Western countries and says the fire is being forcibly made to stifle the pace of Brazil’s economic growth.

Understand why Amazon’s fire crisis, which gives 20% oxygen to the world, is a global concern.

1) More than half of the world’s total rainforest area is the Amazon forest alone.

2) 5.5 million square km of the Amazon forest. Which is more than the total area of India.

3) It is spread over about 4% area of the entire earth.

4) About 60% of the world’s rainforest is in the Amazon forests alone.

rising fire in Amazon forests is a big concern.
1) In 2019, these forests have caught fire 74000 times. Since 2013, the incidence of the fire has doubled.

2) According to satellite data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, 2018 saw an 84% increase in fire incidents.

3) NASA says the fire incidents this year have been below average so far. Extensive effects are visible due to fire 1) Some reports claim that about 2,700 km of São Paulo.

In the sky, black smoke increased due to this fire. Some meteorologists say that due to the smoke coming from Paraguay, there is a black cloud in the sky. 2) Usually, there are incidents of forest fires in the dry season.

Many times even deliberately a fire is set in the forests so that that land can be used for farming. 3) Brazil’s INPE says the increase in fire incidents is due to unnatural conditions.

There has been an incident of fire in the normal season even after the rainfall is slightly below average.