#Repost @amazonwatch (@get_repost) ・・・ - EYE ON THE AMAZON - The crisis is not over, but we also need to prevent the next emergency NOW! . As the Amazon's dry season draws on, uncontained fires continue to rage across vast landscapes. That’s right - the fire season has JUST BEGUN. . It is estimated that in Brazil alone, nearly 3 million hectares – 11,500 square miles, or an area nearly as large as Belgium – have burned. Another 2 million hectares of Bolivia's forests have been lost. . The Amazon fires have drawn worldwide concern and condemnation for good reason: they are a man-made disaster enabled by a brutal and backward president, Jair Bolsonaro, whose regime has slashed environmental protections, human rights standards, and the rule of law to benefit the very actors destroying the rainforest. . We are collectively facing a climate emergency of unprecedented proportions of which today's Amazon fires are a burning symbol. In response, we need to exercise our collective power to extinguish these flames and build a future where this can never happen again. . READ THE FULL REPORT: https://bit.ly/2kHetFH . 📷 Photo: CIMI . #Sept5Act4Amazonia #StandWithTheAmazon #ActForTheAmazon #ActForAmazonia #DefendTheAmazon #AmazonFires #BoycottBrazil #AmazonRainforest #IndigenousRights #ClimateChanged #ClimateCrisis #SaveTheAmazon #ActForAmazonia #Amazonas https://www.instagram.com/p/B2kwcSjguEN/?igshid=sitnve6tv80w
