Why is the fire at Notre Dame more important than in Amazonia?

For more than two weeks, the Amazon, the lung of the world, burn uncontrollably and hundreds of kilometers of nature and vegetation are destroyed. This information was recently captured by the eyes of the plant a few days ago, when the city of San Pablo darkened two hours earlier because of dense clouds of smoke from the jungle. However, no global collection has yet been generated to help limit its destruction, as if it were the case with the cathedral of Notre Dame.

On April 15, 2019, the building suffered significant damage to its facade, precisely because of a fire. Two days later, funding (promoted by the French government itself) for the renovation was put in place thanks to donations from around the world that allowed the renovation and restoration of the architectural works.

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Will Bolsonaro do the same? Until now nothing has happened. In addition, all local (and international) media have completely failed to address this issue until last Tuesday. "Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil accelerated in May at the fastest pace of the decade", said the newspaper The nation just a month ago. Even Bolsonaro is betting on the deforestation of the Amazon in order to expand arable land from Brazil. Since coming to power, he has transferred the Forestry Commission to the Ministry of Agriculture, allied with the president's agricultural sector.

Until now, no kind of solidarity collection has been broadcast with the Amazon. Some celebrities, like J. Balvin, Leonardo DiCaprio and the Spanish actress Úrsula Corberó They effectively sensitized people to the situation, which had no media coverage until the fire became out of control, although no initiative has yet been taken to help alleviate the problem.

"To all those who are interested, overwhelmed and want to know how to help that can be done to alleviate, regenerate, here is a list of very serious people with a lot of experience in the conservation of the Amazon," said Colombian reggaeton.

In recent months, scientists have said that the ozone layer is suffering damage that, if not reversed in 20 years, will be irreparable. The Amazon counts for 20% of the oxygen production from all over the planet, But it is not in Europe.