As the Amazon continues to burn in a record fire season, experts say the problem is rooted in illegal logging and criminal networks exploiting the forests for its natural resources and agricultural potential.
Tuesday pointing to"rainforest mafias" for causing the deforestation, fires and the deaths of the land's defenders — predominantly indigenous peoples.
A third of the fires this season occurred in undesignated forests — unprotected areas vulnerable to land-grabbing — and unregistered lands, the IPAM report found. Conservation sites saw a surprising increase in the number of fire outbreaks this year, twice the number than the average between 2010 and 2018.
The cleared land — which is far more profitable than the untouched forest — is then used for cattle ranching, soy production or other industrial purposes, Birss said. Alencar said the rate of deforestation has also escalated this year after the president pledged during his election campaign that the"This is a confrontation of the law," she said."People felt that they could do it and nobody would say anything."
Brazilian farmer Helio Lombardo Do Santos and a dog walk through a burnt area of the Amazon rainforest, in the Rondonia state, Brazil.For people around the world keen on helping the situation, Amazon Watch and other environmental groups compiledincluding multinational banks, soy producers and retailers that are contributing to deforestation.
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