Forest fires are the single largest contributor of Brazil’s greenhouse gases, accounting for a 51% of Brazil’s total emissions between 1990 and 2014 . Moreover, uncontrolled fires result in devastating ecosystem Our mission is to damage, loss of...
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Forest fires are the single largest contributor of Brazil’s greenhouse gases, accounting for a 51% of Brazil’s total emissions between 1990 and 2014 . Moreover, uncontrolled fires result in devastating ecosystem Our mission is to damage, loss of biodiversity, not to mention human lives and livelihoods. prevent and Despite the staggering emissions of CO2 produced from forest fires and their negative impact on biodiversity, current approaches to address combat forest fires climate change in Brazil are doing little to solve this problem. Due in part in Brazil to a challenging political and economic climate, funding for fighting fires in protected areas has been drastically reduced, yet each year new fires effectively, start and continue for months in national parks and other protected areas. Currently, the Brazilian government’s approach to decrease global reducing warming gases concentrate solely on deforestation. More actions focusing on reducing forest fires, however, represent an acti
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