Region brazil amazon It is suffering from the worst fires in the last decade, as reported this Saturday by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
Counted in September 41,282 fires, An unprecedented figure since September 2012. In September, the fire season from June to October comes to an end.
In most cases fires has its origins in human action and tries to seize land from the forest for cultivation and livestock.
Again, reduces forest mass, It is key to capturing and processing CO2 and therefore vital to curbing climate change.
Environmental protection is one of the important issues. presidential election this Sunday. President and candidate Jair Bolsonaro highlights the economic potential of the Amazon in agriculture and mining.
His rival, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has pledged to strengthen the country. environmental and climate protection. Lula is the clear favorite in the polls.