Burning Amazon Rainforest

[SG854]

I was referring to the intensity of the fires, not the cause of them. We know the cause was farmers/loggers.

Oh Ok


With fires not being the main cause of deforestation, it being farming, so people are going to have to put restrictions to reduce farming which then in turn yields less yearly crops. Deforestation is happening because a consumer demand for meat and crops like soybeans is high. Population is growing so more people to feed. You can get Bolsonaro to intervene to reduce the deforestation rate but that means less meat and crops and people will have to find another way to get their foods to make up the difference. If there is no demand for these things then deforestation will stop.

 

[Xzi]

With fires not being the main cause of deforestation, it being farming, so people are going to have to put restrictions to reduce farming which then in turn yields less yearly crops. Deforestation is happening because a consumer demand for meat and crops like soybeans is high. Population is growing so more people to feed. You can get Bolsonaro to intervene to reduce the deforestation rate but that means less meat and crops and people will have to find another way to get their foods to make up the difference. If there is no demand for these things then deforestation will stop.

I won't contest that. It's also partially tied in to the trade war, since Brazil wants to take over the US's role of soy bean supplier for China. If that happens, the farming industry in the US is going to be crippled long after the tariffs are lifted.

 

[Xzi]

Fuuuuck...2,000 more fires have been started in the last 48 hours despite a supposed "burning ban" from the government. Clearly the punishment for violating this ban is not harsh enough. The situation is getting really dire. Normally I'd be 100% opposed to a foreign military intervening, but if it comes down to that or a desert where the rainforest once was, I choose the military intervention.

 

[Jiehfeng]

This is sad.