2023-09-08 05:40:00
The Amazon registered almost half (47.7%) of all hot spots in just five days in September, according to data from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), compared to the total for August.
The largest state in the region, recognized for being the most preserved in the Amazon, represents 32.3% (2,616) of all fire reports recorded in the country at the beginning of this month.
The acceleration of hot spots occurs during a season of river drought and high temperatures, which worries municipal environmental secretaries interviewed by Sheet, They also denounce the lack of adequate structure and support from the state and federal governments given the risk that the problem will worsen.
Last year, the State suffered its worst September (8,659 hot spots) in the historical series of Inpe fire records, which began in 1998. The State climbed positions in the ranking of hot spots during the Bolsonaro (PL) government and the first term of Bolsonarist Wilson Lima (União Brasil). In recent days, the smoke generated by the fire has reached the rural and urban areas of the metropolitan cities of Manaus, the arc of deforestation in the south of the State, the surroundings of BR-319 and the regions of upper and middle Solimões.
The water used to fight the fire comes from the rivers and lakes themselves and is generally transported in tanker trucks or improvised trucks with tanks, according to the Environment Secretary of Maués (AM), Jane Crespo, who coordinates the Forum. of Secretaries of the Environment of the State of Amazonas. The concern is that the decrease in river flow will make fighting fires difficult.
Translated by AZAHARA MARTIN ORTEGA
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