Amazon Rainforest Fires
In the month of January, a staggering 121,000 fires had broken out across Brazil and more than half of those fires had taken place in the Amazon, according to the country's National Institute for Space Research. The fires destroyed the homes of Indigenous tribes, threatened many animals, and even darkened the skies over major cities. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/01/brazil-amazon-rainforest-worst-fires-in-decade https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/amazon-fires-cause-deforestation-graphic-map/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53893161 Cause of Amazon wildfires Just like in other countries like America or Canada,The amazon rainforest fires were also man made. These fires are often deliberately set because of slash-and-burn agriculture method for growing food in which farmers and cattle ranchers deliberately cut down and burn forestland to clear it for crops and livestock. slash and burn agriculture is a common pract...