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Your first point is misleading. Satellite imagery and in the ground evidence clearly shows that the fires are almost exclusively driven by humans. Not wildfires
by gleglegle 7y ago
Your first point is misleading. Satellite imagery and in the ground evidence clearly shows that the fires are almost exclusively driven by humans. Not wildfires. This is conscious deforestation at a massive scale. The dry season has made the problem worse, but it is an unusually dry season due to climate change. Bolsonaro has definitely encouraged deforestation.
- ikll 7y agoYes. Bolsonaro himself has claimed that the fires were started by humans: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20769327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20769327
- gleglegle 7y agoBlaming NGO's is ridiculous gaslighting. Agriculture and forestry drive Brazil's forest loss. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/361/6407/1108.full.pdf https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/361/6407/1108.ful...