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"To defend this rainforest, the soul of our country and a key to our planet’s survival, we volunteer to fight wildfires that put our lives at risk."

Brazilian firefighter describes the horrors they've witnessed during #AmazonFires
We risk our lives facing Amazon wildfires. What will politicians risk to make the polluters behind them pay - Greenpeace International
A firefighter describes the horror of witnessing the Amazon being consumed by wildfires, and why he cannot turn his back on it.
www.greenpeace.org
May 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
jwyg.bsky.social
publication day of ✨digital ecologies✨ book - including our chapter with @lboungr.bsky.social @gabrielecolombo.bsky.social on #amazonfires and the online composition of ecological politics: jonathangray.org/2024/12/10/a...
Tracing variations and different visual articulations of pre-2003 burning forest image shared by Macron and others in association with 2019 Amazon fires. The image shows variations of the same image clustered into different sections (labelled A, B, C). Some ofthem have text, some of them have overlaid elements and characters.
December 10, 2024 at 11:54 AM
greenpeace.org
"To defend this rainforest, the soul of our country and a key to our planet’s survival, we volunteer to fight wildfires that put our lives at risk.

- Brazilian firefighter describes the horrors they've witnessed during #AmazonFires

#MakePollutersPay
We risk our lives facing Amazon wildfires. What will politicians risk to make the polluters behind them pay - Greenpeace International
A firefighter describes the horror of witnessing the Amazon being consumed by wildfires, and why he cannot turn his back on it.
www.greenpeace.org
May 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
oikosjournal.bsky.social
A forest-fire model predicts an increase in fire extension, highlighting the urgent need for action to protect the region.

https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10764

<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xcdhjuzb7t6aqdy5ii5q275y" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@nordicoikos.bsky.social #AmazonFires #ClimateChange #ForestFireModel #predictions #deforestation #AmazonForest
February 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
vernal3.bsky.social
More good news.

“When you’re about to be burned alive, you become painfully aware of the destruction you have caused.”

Empathy. Universally needed. Experiencing, the pain & death you have created, can change you forever.

🌎 #empathy #amazonfires #toolsforchange

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‘I felt death in the flames’: how lighting a forest fire inspired one man to transform a barren ranch into rainforest — Guardian US
Juan Guillermo Garcés had a brush with death while burning jungle for cattle pasture – now he runs a nature reserve in Colombia where more than 100 new species have been discovered
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January 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
brucealbert.bsky.social
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Deforestation Declines, but Fires Rage On in the Amazon | Amazon Watch
Once again horrific fires in the Amazon are making the news. But why is this happening and how can it be stopped? #AmazonFires #StopDeforestation #ActForAmazon #ClimateCrisis
amazonwatch.org
September 13, 2024 at 9:49 AM
larysar.bsky.social
A forest-fire model predicts an increase in fire extension, highlighting the urgent need for action to protect the region.
@larysar

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@oikosjournal.bsky.social

#AmazonFires #ClimateChange #ForestFireModel #predictions #deforestation #AmazonForest
Modelling Amazon fire regimes under climate change scenarios
Fire is one of the most important disturbances of the earth-system, shaping the biodiversity of ecosystems and particularly forests. Climatic change and other anthropogenic drivers such as deforestat....
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March 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
boisedsa.bsky.social
Sources available here: www.boisedsa.org/articles/mee...
Get to Know Idaho Billionaires: David MacMillan — Boise DSA
Sources: https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/empty-promises-cargill-soy-banks-and-the-destruction-of-bolivias-chiquitano-forest/ https://stories.mightyearth.org/amazonfires/index.ht...
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July 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
peterru.eurosky.social
Record Wildfires Demand an Unprecedented Response! | Amazon Watch
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Tell Amazonian Presidents: Record Wildfires Demand an Unprecedented Response! | Amazon Watch
🔥The world is watching and we cannot wait for urgent action to prevent a climate catastrophe. The time to act is now! #AmazonCeaseFire #AmazonFires
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September 25, 2024 at 1:33 PM
seringueiro.bsky.social
com @lula.com.br em 2023, os incêndios em áreas de florestas virgens na Amazônia aumentaram 152% em relação a 2022.essa situação piorou em 2024, quando mais de 53.000 incêndios foram registrados até agosto – um aumento de 80% em relação ao mesmo período em 2023.
amazonwatch.org/news/2024/09...
Deforestation Declines, but Fires Rage On in the Amazon | Amazon Watch
Once again horrific fires in the Amazon are making the news. But why is this happening and how can it be stopped? #AmazonFires #StopDeforestation #ActForAmazon #ClimateCrisis
amazonwatch.org
September 13, 2024 at 10:27 AM
garethsimkins.bsky.social
A petition to parliament to demand that the EU & UN sanction Brazil to halt the #AmazonFires https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266638 is being signed about once a second. https://splasho.com/petitions/index.php?petition=266638
November 25, 2024 at 2:37 AM
earthlens.bsky.social
🔥 The Amazon's worst fire season in 20+ years released 791M tons of CO2—matching Germany's annual emissions—primarily driven by fire degradation. This marks a critical shift for its fragile ecosystems. Link: https://tinyurl.com/26z4sojk #AmazonFires #CarbonEmissions #EcosystemDecline
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
earthlens.bsky.social
In the Karipuna Indigenous Territory, Brazil, over 90 fire alerts were detected, threatening biodiversity and Indigenous lands, as land-grabbers continue illegal incursions despite warnings from local leaders. 🔥🌍 Link: https://tinyurl.com/28qsf6h3 #AmazonFires #IndigenousRights #Deforestation
August 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
resyn-io.bsky.social
The #AmazonFires are critically dangerous to the most abundant #ecosystem on Earth and will accelerate the #ClimateCrisis

We condemn these fires & support #sustainableagriculture techniques only #responsibleanimalagriculture and #indigenouscrops in an area
January 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
deepseadawn.bsky.social
A new dashboard by @EsriDRP that combines two services from the @LivingAtlas to dynamically show hot spot locations and counts (per the current view extents) for the #AmazonFires <a href="http://bit.ly/30y02TQ" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/30y02TQ cc @GIS_Bandit
November 8, 2024 at 7:40 PM
deepseadawn.bsky.social
Four questions about the #AmazonFires, answered <a href="http://bit.ly/30AbXAw" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/30AbXAw via @KelleeKoenig
November 8, 2024 at 7:40 PM
javiergpgamarra.bsky.social
Just in case someone was a bit confused....#AmazonFires anomalies at the end of August did not actually happen so much as in the #Amazon as much as in the dry #Tropical and #subropical forests and savannas between #Bolivia and #Paraguay and #Brazil's Cerrado https://t.co/4dbBoe2YpB
January 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
qhapaq.art
Something tells me this is happening again

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The Companies Behind the Burning of the Amazon
New analysis from Mighty Earth shows the incentives for the Amazon's destruction come from international agribusinesses like JBS and Cargill.
stories.mightyearth.org
October 3, 2024 at 3:34 PM
sethina.bsky.social
When people in power make such bad decisions - it’s so devastating to watch. Fires burning. This is not the sort of Ctrl Alt Del the world needs right now. There will be no restart option #AmazonFires #AmazonRainforest
December 1, 2024 at 2:54 PM
sightmagazine.bsky.social
Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss in 2024, report says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Amazon #forestloss #Brazil #Bolivia #DRC #Amazonfires #WorldResourcesInstitute #UniversityofMaryland

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Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss in 2024, report says - Sight Magazine
Massive fires fueled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a report issued on Wednesday.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
sonaar.bsky.social
This is the planet’s Reichstag Fire. #AmazonFires
https://theintercept.com/2019/08/23/gop-lobbyists-help-brazil-recruit-u-s-companies-to-exploit-the-amazon/
GOP Lobbyists Help Brazil Recruit U.S. Companies to Explo...
Documents reveal that efforts to clear the Amazon are bei...
theintercept.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:59 AM
rakkycurvelo.com
Mais uma aula do @FeCastanhari #AmazonFires #AmazonRainforest #ActForAmazonia

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Entenda o Desmatamento na AMAZÔNIA de um jeito SIMPLES
ESCUTE DE GRAÇA NO SPOTIFY - https://spoti.fi/43GMZz5 O que está acontecendo na Amazônia? O que, ou quem está causando esses incêndios? Por acaso isso é “Normal” nessa época do ano? MEU INSTAGRAM: @fecastanhari - http://goo.gl/qdliIC MINHA PÁGINA - goo.gl/s2CP5L SEJA MEU PATRÃO! Vire membro do canal e ganhe recompensas: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH2VZQBLFTOp6I_qgnBJCuQ/join Consultoria - Vanessa Costa (Engenheira Florestal) Felipe Werneck (Ex Ibama) Milena Nepomuceno (Greenpeace) Warley Alves Créditos Apresentação - Felipe Castanhari Roteiro - Rob Gordon e Felipe Castanhari Produção - Thed Oliveira Edição e Montagem - Mariana Kadlec Artes - Izabel Rainer Tradução - Sam Stencil (Inglês) e Raisa Falc (Espanhol) Pesquisa - Luana Pimenta e Izabel Rainer Revisão - Felipe Castanhari e Rob Gordon Direção - Felipe Castanhari
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January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
pietrodematteis.bsky.social
🔥#Amazon="/hashtag/AmazonFires" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#AmazonFires seen from space via EU #Copernicus satellites🛰️🇪🇺(4x more than last year). The #Amazon produces 20% of world’s oxygen🌳 #G7 leaders offered €20million to help stop them but Brazilian president said no. What would u do if I told u to stop breathing? 🌍 #Amazonie
February 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
sciencenotdogma.bsky.social
More on what YOU can do to put pressure on businesses that benefit from the #AmazonFires - please share.

#PrayforAmazonia isn't enough: go after the 💰, folks.🤨 https://https://t.co/QmDh621sPs
December 4, 2024 at 3:40 PM