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"Amazon fire is such a terrific scene that we couldn't ever imagine", Do you know why Amazon rainforests are burning??

"Amazon Rainforest fire is such a terrific scene", as we have never seen before, which start in 2019.
As we know that Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world and also it's a huge biologically diverse place on the Earth.

About Amazon Rainforest

  • The Amazon Rainforest is the home to 40% of the world's tropical forest and holds 20% of world's fresh water supply.
  • It is also home to 10% of the world's species and 40,000 plant species and around 3000 varities of edible fruits, 430 species of mammals and millions of insects.


 What is the reason of burning of the Amazon Rainforest?



  • Though forest fires are common in the Amazon Rainforest during this period as it is a dry season in the Southern Amazon , the year 2019.
  • According to the environmentalists, 99% of the forest fires are result of human activities either on purpose or by accident.
  • Farmers and ranchers use fire generally to clean the land for further utilisation.
  • This time is most suitable to burn because the vegitation is dry.

"Forests are the world's air- conditioning system, the lungs of the planet,
and we are on verge of switching it off"
                                       - Prince Charls

Effects on animals :-

  • Some animals may be able to escape , large mammals such as jaguars, stand the best chance to getting away because they are able to run fast enough to get away from the fire in time.
  • But Amazon's many small and slow mammals such as sloths, not able to run faster, more likely to suffer direct mortalities.
  • Birds, reptiles,and many other animals also face the similar risks.
(Slower- mammals in the Amazon, like Sloth, are far less likely to escape the fires)

 After fire effects :-

  • When fire rip through a rainforest like Amazon, they burn down so many trees that there are holes in forest's canopy.
  • This means the environment beneath, which is usually dark and humid , is exposed to the direct sunlight and can dry out quickly.
  • Then this place is repopulated by new species, which is habitual to live on dry place.
  • This is the bad news for animals that rely on the forest's humid , moist environment.
  • Due to this devastation the animals such as  birds, reptiles, insects and land mammals are displacing,even aquatic animals such as the Amazon river dolphin or the rainforest's many different fishes changed their habitat.
(Aquatic animals, such as the Amazon river dolphin will find their habitat changing too)

Effects on Climate :-



  • The fire will not only result in a major loss of trees and biodiversity but also release excess amount of CO2 into the atmosphere.
  • The forest fire also release pollutants and toxic gases such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and non- methane organic compounds into the atmosphere.
  • Amazon Rainforest, considered to be as the " World's Lungs"  as it contribute 20% of the Earth's oxygen.
  • It's also been estimated that Amazon generates about half of its own rainfall.
  • Less rain means dryer plants, which are more susceptible to causing even more fire.
  • It's a dangerous cycle.

So it's not only loss of Fauna and Flora it's the loss of relationships, loss of identities and loss of attachments, the land which was home of millions of species , eroded and become unrecognisable as fire pass through.



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