Shocking satellite images show smoke and raging fires ripping through the Amazon rainforest, which have since reached record-breaking levels. The images, taken by NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite, show smoke billowing above Brazilian rainforest after more than 2,500 fires were seen ripped through the South American landscape leading up to Thursday. There have been more than 75,000 fires in the Amazon rainforest since the start of the year. Recent data by NASA confirmed 2019 was the "most active fire year" in the Brazilian Amazon since 2010, noting an increase in the number and intensity of fires in the region. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has come under intense pressure in recent weeks for failing to address the raging fires. Conservation groups such as Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have claimed the rainforest is being burned on purpose to clear land for agriculture. Environmental groups held protests across Brazil on Friday demanding the government take action as world leaders declared an international crisis. Some activist groups have even accused the president of aiding farmers to intentionally destroying the landscape for the country's agricultural sector. Danicley Aguiar of Greenpeace Brazil said: “Those who destroy the Amazon and let deforestation continue unabated are encouraged in doing so by the Bolsonaro government’s actions and policies. “Since taking office, the current government has been systematically dismantling Brazil’s environmental policy.” In a televised address to the nation on Friday, Mr Bolsonaro said forest fires "exist in the whole world" and "cannot serve as a pretext for possible international sanctions". Satellite date published by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) found an 85 percent increase in fire across Brazil, with most of them in the Amazon region. Meanwhile, the WWF have lashed out at soy farmers for clearing the land. Brazil and the US account for approximately 80 percent of the world’s soy production according to the WWF. They said: “The fires are a direct result of soaring deforestation rates to clear or prepare for agriculture and cattle farming. “We’ve seen a massive increase in the number of fires in 2019, and half of these have been in the last 20 days. “While natural wildfires are not unusual at this time of the year, the sheer scale and intensity of these fires is exceptional, and the direct result of increase in deforestation rates by farmers going largely unchecked by Brazilian government.”
Amazon rainforest fires: Terrifying NASA images shows scale of devastation
Shocking satellite images show smoke and raging fires ripping through the Amazon rainforest, which have since reached record-breaking levels. The images, taken by NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite, show smoke billowing above Brazilian rainforest after more than 2,500 fires were seen ripped through the South American landscape leading up to Thursday. There have been more than 75,000 fires in the Amazon rainforest since the start of the year. Recent data by NASA confirmed 2019 was the "most active fire year" in the Brazilian Amazon since 2010, noting an increase in the number and intensity of fires in the region. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has come under intense pressure in recent weeks for failing to address the raging fires. Conservation groups such as Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have claimed the rainforest is being burned on purpose to clear land for agriculture. Environmental groups held protests across Brazil on Friday demanding the government take action as world leaders declared an international crisis. Some activist groups have even accused the president of aiding farmers to intentionally destroying the landscape for the country's agricultural sector. Danicley Aguiar of Greenpeace Brazil said: “Those who destroy the Amazon and let deforestation continue unabated are encouraged in doing so by the Bolsonaro government’s actions and policies. “Since taking office, the current government has been systematically dismantling Brazil’s environmental policy.” In a televised address to the nation on Friday, Mr Bolsonaro said forest fires "exist in the whole world" and "cannot serve as a pretext for possible international sanctions". Satellite date published by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) found an 85 percent increase in fire across Brazil, with most of them in the Amazon region. Meanwhile, the WWF have lashed out at soy farmers for clearing the land. Brazil and the US account for approximately 80 percent of the world’s soy production according to the WWF. They said: “The fires are a direct result of soaring deforestation rates to clear or prepare for agriculture and cattle farming. “We’ve seen a massive increase in the number of fires in 2019, and half of these have been in the last 20 days. “While natural wildfires are not unusual at this time of the year, the sheer scale and intensity of these fires is exceptional, and the direct result of increase in deforestation rates by farmers going largely unchecked by Brazilian government.”
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