BRASILIA/PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest.
The dozen or so yellow clad firefighters from environmental enforcement agency Ibama easily cleared brush from around a burning stump with a leaf blower, doused it with jets connected to water packs mounted on their backs and covered it in earth. Nearly 80,000 fires have been registered across Brazil through Aug. 24, the highest since at least 2013, according to space research agency INPE.
Military personnel around Porto Velho appeared to be largely coordinating firefighting efforts, according to a Reuters witness.
Well if painting your faces and partying/protesting won’t help save the rainforest, I don’t know what will.
Why was he elected in the first place!!!
WRONG REUTERS.... This protest was for endorse the Bolsonaro's government. Some protesters bring other agendas like PROTECT Amazon but the 'PROTECTION' is from foreign people that steal our riches without pay nothing to us.
Fake, the mass of protesters was in other place to support jairbolsonaro. This is a little dissident group protesting in a most posh neigborhood leaded by artists and rich smokers of pot. Don't lie to your readers.
esquerdacaviar - protests in Viera Souto St. the most rich st in Rio. Nothing more hipocrite than that.
But the government barely has control over Rio.
There are 49 Brazilian billionaires who are worth over $1 trillion. Has anyone called on them to put this fire out?
meia duzia de gato pingado que nunca plantou uma árvore
Just a bunch of criminal supporters yelling 'Lula Livre'. Meanwhile in the rest of Brazil...
It's nothing, really. Just the far left partying. Forget about this. After that they all went to the beach.
'protect the Amazon rainforest'?
Yeap, like every year we should care about the fire in Amazon. The amazing thing is that I see few people on the streets and it is just in Rio. I wonder why🤔
Tática manjada da 'velha' imprensa. Uma boa cortina de fumaça para mascarar os grandes movimentos populares de APOIO ao Presidente Bolsonaro, Ministro Sérgio Moro e contra o ativismo judicial que ocorreram em várias cidades neste domingo. Shame on you Reuters.
If you want to help, stop walking in the streets, go and fight the dam fires
Instead of worthlessly protesting how about they all grab a bucket and head the 1800mi away from Rio and help fight the fire.
Fakenews!
This is like spraying with a misting bottle at a raging fireplace.
Is there anyway an average person like me could help
'Begins' is a good start. There's a 30 year backlog, so y'all have some catching up to do. Good luck and be safe.
Benazir_Shah What took them so long?
Thanks God the military capacity is in good hands .... let's focus on saving our planet rather than lunacies in politics.
Thank goodness some help The animals The trees The destruction
The Amazon was in my mind our last hope. Such a let down the farmers there want to raise cattle.
I recommend to watch also new updates directly from govbr and tvbrasilgov .
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