'We are asking the authorities to set up an inquiry to investigate what is leading to the increase in fires in this region and hold the culprits to account.'
Gabriel Santos, a lawyer from Rio Branco, Brazil, started the petition to call attention to the massive fires currently ravaging the world's largest ecosystem and requested for the government to put an end to the allowed clearing of land by fire in the Amazon."We are asking the authorities to set up an inquiry to investigate what is leading to the increase in fires in this region and hold the culprits to account," Santos said in a statement.
Forest fires have drastically increased since Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro — a conservative leader who favors development over conservation — took office in July 2018. While land clearing in Brazil has typically been done by farmers and ranchers setting fires to brush and trees, under Bolsonaro's regime deforestation in the Amazon has increased by almost 85 percent compared to this time last year, according to satellite data gathered by the National Institute for Space Research .
"More than half of the fires are in the Amazon, which is not only killing biodiversity and ecosystems but also damaging the health of millions, especially the elderly and children who cannot breathe due to smoke," Santos continued.
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