Burning for weeks apparently and little reporting.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49415973 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49415973)
Quote from: t_mac on August 21, 2019, 10:27:40 PM
Burning for weeks apparently and little reporting.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49415973 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49415973)
I'm afraid the sh1te is going down and the common man is not going to be told about it!
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/21/americas/amazon-rainforest-fire-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-wildfire-parts-of-amazon-rainforest-on-fire-smoke-seen-from-space-2019-08-20/
https://people.com/human-interest/amazon-rainforest-fire-burning-record-rate-brazil/
https://www.vox.com/world/2019/8/20/20813786/wildfire-amazon-rainforest-brazil-siberia
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/08/20/amazon-rainforest-fires-smoke-seen-space/2067220001/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-wildfires/amazon-burning-brazil-reports-record-forest-fires-idUSKCN1VA1UK
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/amazon-burning-brazil-reports-record-surge-forest-fires-190821052601171.html
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on August 21, 2019, 11:23:54 PM
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/21/americas/amazon-rainforest-fire-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-wildfire-parts-of-amazon-rainforest-on-fire-smoke-seen-from-space-2019-08-20/
https://people.com/human-interest/amazon-rainforest-fire-burning-record-rate-brazil/
https://www.vox.com/world/2019/8/20/20813786/wildfire-amazon-rainforest-brazil-siberia
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/08/20/amazon-rainforest-fires-smoke-seen-space/2067220001/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-wildfires/amazon-burning-brazil-reports-record-forest-fires-idUSKCN1VA1UK
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/amazon-burning-brazil-reports-record-surge-forest-fires-190821052601171.html
And what they are all dated last few days!
Brazilian government is completely corrupt
Quote from: manfromdelmonte on August 22, 2019, 09:04:34 AM
Brazilian government is completely corrupt
So is the planet.
The amazon is probably one of the few areas of the world that is of such international importance that there must be a case for the UN to take control of it. Should an area of land that is so important in terms of our planets future really be owned by one country? Every country is subject to having a rogue government which Brazil has at the moment and if oil fields are important enough to go to war over then surely the Amazon is worth fighting for more?
Quote from: OakleafCounty on August 22, 2019, 09:47:32 AM
The amazon is probably one of the few areas of the world that is of such international importance that there must be a case for the UN to take control of it. Should an area of land that is so important in terms of our planets future really be owned by one country? Every country is subject to having a rogue government which Brazil has at the moment and if oil fields are important enough to go to war over then surely the Amazon is worth fighting for more?
Nothing to gain by being moral I'm afraid.
Quote from: GetOverTheBar on August 22, 2019, 10:43:32 AM
Quote from: OakleafCounty on August 22, 2019, 09:47:32 AM
The amazon is probably one of the few areas of the world that is of such international importance that there must be a case for the UN to take control of it. Should an area of land that is so important in terms of our planets future really be owned by one country? Every country is subject to having a rogue government which Brazil has at the moment and if oil fields are important enough to go to war over then surely the Amazon is worth fighting for more?
Nothing to gain by being moral I'm afraid.
Exactly - every country's wealth is measured by their GDP, which just means sucking the planet dry more and more.
Aye but human welfare isn't or shouldn't be measured by GDP not that governments really care about that. Its just one component towards it. I suppose western countries will need a strong GDP to accommodate the 200 million people who will be displaced as a result of climate change.
Population is expected to be 10 billion by 2050, it's crazy, the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano which grounded flights prevented the emission of near 3m tonnes of carbon dioxide going into the air, I suspect the majority of flights worldwide are the same individuals going to meetings or millionaires jet setting around the world, human activity is killing the planet.