The Brazilian constitution is meant to defend their land.
However, the fire has been going for over fifteen days.
Their war feels personal to her brigade.
She claims that because humans breathe in so much, what is killing the plants today will eventually kill us.
It is a very violent fire that consumes everything in its path.
Ademar, her father, informs us that he has respiratory issues as a result of the continuous smoking.
Lack of air keeps me from falling asleep. I feel like I’m drowning, he adds as it wakes him up.
The worst forest fires in 20 years have occurred in the Amazon. This year, there have been more than 62,000 square kilometers of fires; that is an area larger than Costa Rica or Sri Lanka.
A large portion of the world’s carbon is absorbed by the Amazon. These fires mean it is now emitting record quantities itself.
Scientists, the Federal Police, and the government claim that most fires set here are illegal and caused by people, such as miners and loggers trying to take advantage of Amazonian territory or farmers converting it to pasture.
Naturally occurring fires are far less common in the wet tropical jungle.
