Amazon Fires Are Personal
Amazon Fires are Global Environmental Emergency Source: Amazon Rain Forest Fire Image Global Environmental Concern About the "Lungs of the World" The Amazon Rain Forest is called "the lungs of the world" and it's on fire. The fires in the Amazon are an unprecedented international environmental crisis. The Amazon Rain Forest, which is the world's largest, is engulfed in tens of thousands of raging fires. In Brazil alone, there have been 74,000 fires in the Amazon this year. The Amazon Rain Forest covers parts of nine countries, but Brazil is key. Importantly, the Amazon produces 20% of the oxygen on Earth. Brazil May Call in Its Army to Combat the Fires The situation is so severe that French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for it to be included on the agenda at the G-7 Meeting in Biarritz. In reaction, the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, whose environmental policies are under attack, has just announced he may c...