SINGAPORE - Halfway across the globe, the world's largest tropical rainforest is in flames. Closer to home, swathes of green in Sumatra and Kalimantan are feeling the heat.
Adds Prof Andersen, who has worked in the Amazon for more than five years:"As the world's largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon has been acting as a buffer to increasing carbon dioxide emissions from human activity, protecting us from even stronger global changes than what we are already seeing around the world."
Ms Aqeela Samat, palm oil demand specialist for the World Wide Fund for Nature, Singapore , points out that Indonesia is currently experiencing its worst annual fire season since 2015, with fires this year razing an area at least two-thirds the size of Singapore.And this is not just because of the Amazon's oxygen-producing abilities.
Carbon dioxide is blind to borders - it has the same impact on the climate, no matter where it is emitted, says Singapore Management University's Associate Professor Winston Chow, a lead author for the upcoming report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels for energy or land clearance, releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, where it acts like a blanket in trapping heat.
Professor Jean Yong, a botanist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences says:"The huge amount of carbon dioxide released from the Amazonian fires will increase the total concentration of carbon dioxide globally, exacerbating climate change-induced weather and environmental anomalies worldwide, including Singapore."
"Robust forest governance, funding and legislation that support deforestation-free supply chains are essential."
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