My heart is breaking because of Amazonian forests are burning for 3 weeks. It's clear the world must stand together to stop ongoing threats to the Amazon, which is vital to the world’s climate stability. I feel the need to make my small contribution to help saving it from people, destroying it, pursuing their own lucrative interests. All of the money from selling of this artwork will be donated to the https://www.rainforest-alliance.org
According to the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), satellite data has shown an 84 per cent increase in fires compared to the same period in 2018. The space agency reports its satellite data has detected more than 72,000 fires since January 2019.
The fires are caused in part by farmers clearing land to expand agriculture—natural fires in the Amazon are very rare due to the tropical humid climate of the region (although they are indeed increasing as a consequence of global warming). Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is the result of many different actions, including agricultural expansion (mainly for beef production), but also illegal logging, mining, land speculation, urban development, and more. Because of complex factors—including international trade, financing, and policy decisions by the new government that have crippled environmental enforcement agencies—deforestation in the region has surged.
The Amazon is the largest, most biodiverse forest in the world and is indisputably one of the world’s greatest natural climate solutions due to its unparalleled capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, as well as a critical source of freshwater. It is vital to global rainfall patterns.
Protecting the Amazon—and all the world’s forests—ensures they can continue to provide these essential functions. While climate stability and carbon sequestration are key, forests also produce oxygen, filter water, and support biodiversity. We all depend on forests to provide clean air, clean water, and medicines, and at least 1.6 billion people rely on forests directly for their livelihoods.
