Fires in the Amazon: tomorrow they call the Brazilian embassies in the world

Fridays for Future (FFF) convened youth to
manifesto tomorrow in front of the embbadies of
Brazil around the world to protest
fires who are devastating the jungle of
Amazon and who advances to a
speed that experts describe as "alarming".

"Our house is literally on fire and the lungs of our planet are being reduced to ashes",
The youth were alerted in a statement calling for participation in the protest and pointing out that fires are just one of the latest multiple examples of the climate crisis.

"The planet is rushing towards a series of uncontrollable events that will destroy ecosystems and life on the planet," warned Friday for the future, according to the DPA agency.

The organization reports the increase in fires in Brazil with the arrival to the presidency of the country of
Jair Bolsonaro, which badumed the 1st of January 2019, which the government accuses of seeing the Amazon only "as a sack of money".

According to satellite data from the National Institute of Space Research (INPE), it was known yesterday that from January to August this year, forest fires had increased by 82% compared to the same period in 2018, the figure the highest since investigating the phenomenon in 2013, with 52% of fires concentrated in the Amazon.

During Friday's protest, FFF urged to express "its consternation and anger" at the policy of the Brazilian executive, saying it "dramatically accelerates the climate crisis."

In addition, they will express their solidarity with the Brazilian people and in particular with the indigenous communities and peoples living in the Amazon region, who are most affected by the destruction of forests.

"This is not a local problem but a problem that has global repercussions and, as a result, we urge politicians around the world to act and denounce the destruction of this vital ecosystem," they insisted. communicated.

Daniela Borges, of Friday for the future of Brazil, urged the government to recognize the importance of nature and to commit to protecting the greatest natural wealth.

For his part, Alejandro Martínez, of the FFF Spain, recalled that the Amazon is "one of the few lungs that still has the planet, which allows to continue to fight against the climate emergency".

"What we see is not a natural process, it's the result of human action, the fires caused by deforestation and the economic exploitation of this land." The Brazilian government has not Acted, if you do not fight, it will leave an indelible scar in one of the most biodiverse places on our planet, "he concluded.

The organization Fridays For Future International (www.fridaysforfuture.org), founded by Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish student and activist, unleashed a wave of youth movements around the world to fight climate crisis.

In Argentina, the protest will take place in front of the headquarters of the Brazilian Embbady in Buenos Aires, Cerrito 1350, after 16 hours.

Telam Agency