Extension also consider the military dispatch not stand the prospect of the Amazon forest fires convergence September 17, 22 hours 34 minutes
In the South American rainforest Amazon have occurred at a record pace forest fires have hit the fire fighting dispatched 7,000 people, including the military in Brazil, but the prospect of convergence does not have standing. The Brazilian government is considering further extending the period of fire fighting by the military, which was initially one month.
Brazil has more than two-thirds of the world's largest rainforest Amazon. According to the Brazilian Institute for Space Research, the number of forest fires from January to the 16th of this month was approximately 100,000, 1.5 times that of the same period last year.
In response to this situation, Brazilian President Borsonaro has been in charge of large-scale firefighting and control by introducing 7,000 people, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to Amazon for only one month from the 24th of last month.
As a result, by the 13th of this month, in addition to extinguishing 500 large-scale forest fires, 10 groups that had been illegally slashing and cutting down forests using airplanes were detected and used for movement. Seized six airplanes and nearly 400 cars.
After the pace of forest fire occurs the introduction of large-scale military, but has been falling, such as livestock skilled in the art, have illegally motion to put a fire in the forest Then, the Brazilian government not standing still prospect of convergence So, we are considering further extending the period of fire fighting by the military, which was initially one month.
Military officer "All fire fighting difficult"
Ivan Lucas, head of the Brazilian army's Brazilian greening project, said, “During this time of the Amazon dry season, certain farms are igniting illegally to increase their pastures. The military is fighting fires and thoroughly detecting these illegal livestock producers, and forest fires are in the direction of suppression.However, the Amazon is vast and it is difficult to stop all fires. "
Farmers responsible for forest fires
Meanwhile, Marcio Barbosa, one of the livestock farmers criticized as the cause of forest fires in Brazil and living in Porto Velho, where the military is based in fire fighting, illegal slash-and-burn agriculture in response to, can not field baked because began to crack down, more and more life because it does not spread the pastures and fields have become painful., including the macron president of France, the international community Stop burning the forest, stop the fire, but it costs money to pioneer and extinguish the forest fire. If you want to prevent the forest fire, developed countries should pay a reasonable price. " It was.