Les incendies en Amazonie, un signal d’alarme pour le monde entier

Friends of the Earth International denounces the 2019 Amazon fires, attributing them to the Brazilian government's dismantling of environmental protections to benefit agro-industry and mining. The statement highlights a record increase in fires and deforestation, the persecution of indigenous peoples, and the global climate implications of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

• The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) recorded a record number of forest fires in Brazil between January and August 2019, totaling over 74,000, which represents an 83% increase compared to the same period the previous year.
• Deforestation in Brazil increased by 278% in July 2019 compared to July 2018, reversing previous trends of reduction achieved through regulation.
• The fires are linked to the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro, who reduced the environmental sector's budget by 95% upon taking office in January 2019 and has weakened surveillance bodies and environmental authorizations to favor the agro-industry and mining sectors.
• Over 60% of the 2019 fires occurred on private plots operated by globalized agro-industry, facilitating illegal logging, soy cultivation, and cattle ranching on the lands of indigenous and quilombola communities.
• Indigenous peoples and local communities are more effective at conserving nature and preventing deforestation than officially protected areas, yet they face increased persecution and the loss of ancestral lands under the current Brazilian administration.

APA

admin (2019). Les incendies en Amazonie, un signal d’alarme pour le monde entier. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/fr/les-incendies-en-amazonie-un-signal-dalarme-pour-le-monde-entier/

Chicago

admin. Les incendies en Amazonie, un signal d’alarme pour le monde entier. Friends of the Earth International, 2019. https://www.foei.org/fr/les-incendies-en-amazonie-un-signal-dalarme-pour-le-monde-entier/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2019les, author = {admin}, title = {{Les incendies en Amazonie, un signal d’alarme pour le monde entier}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2019}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/fr/les-incendies-en-amazonie-un-signal-dalarme-pour-le-monde-entier/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }