The Minister of Planning said that, from the air, she could only see “earth and fire”, due to an intense drought that reduced the level of the rivers to a minimum and was worsened “by the hands of criminals.”
Brazilian government authorities flew over some areas of the Pantanal on Friday and reported that most of the fires are caused by “deforestation by fire.”
“The fires that are happening now have a perverse combination: climate change, severe water shortages and deforestation through fire. This is what makes us see the Pantanal in flames,” said the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, in a press conference, quoted by Campo Grande. News.
The Minister of Planning, Simone Tebet, who accompanied Marina Silva on the overpass, stated that, from the air, she could only see “earth and fire”, due to an intense drought that reduced the level of the rivers to a minimum and aggravated “by the hand of criminals.”
The day before, in Brasilia, After the Council of State, the Minister of the Environment had already stated that “85% of these fires occur on private land”.
“At the moment we don’t have any fires caused by natural ignition. Climatologists say that the season is not conducive to this type of fire. They are all due to human action, whether through deforestation or burning,” he said, as quoted by TVCultura.
The fires in the world’s largest flooded plain, which Brazil shares with Bolivia and Paraguay, began in April but worsened in June, breaking historic records for that month.
A study released by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) He notes that between May and June, no electrical discharges were recorded in the areas where the fires started.confirming the thesis that the cause of the flames is human.
According to the study, so far this year, the fire has consumed around 661 thousand hectares of the biome, considered one of the richest ecosystems in the world in terms of biodiversity of flora and fauna.
Source: Observadora
