“Earth's” must be destroyed: Amazons Completely Without Law

For months, black clouds were hanging over the rain forest as labor teams burned and cut wood through it. Now the rainy season had arrived, offering a calm in the jungle and a clearer view of the world's damage.

The view that came out was everything, but sure: Brazil's Space Agency reported that in one year, more than 3,700 square miles of Amazonia were destroyed as a result of abuses.

This was the biggest loss of Amazon forests in a decade, and good evidence of how bad these forests were managed in the first year in the leadership of President Jair Bolsonaro.

He has pledged to open the rain forest in the industry and restore its protections, and his government has followed through cutting funds and staff to weaken the implementation of environmental laws.

It confirms that the Amazon is completely without law,” said Carlos Nobre, a climate scientist at the University of São Paulo. “Environmental criminals feel increasingly empowered. ”

He warned that the Amazon could soon begin to self-destruct.

The implementation of the law has achieved its minimal effectiveness in a decade. It's a disturbing warning to the future,” said Nobre.

Bolsonaro's government has made several attempts to combat the illegal cutting down of Amazon forests, but the president has reaffirmed his position of contempt for the work of preserving these forests that play a major role against global warming.

“Deforestation and fires have always been a problem, but this is the first time that has occurred because of the federal government's discours of activities,” said Marina Silva, who as Environment Minister in the mid- 2000s hit the illegal activity in the Amazon, contributing to an 83 per cent drop in deforestation from 2004 to 2012.

According to Nobre research, the trend point is likely to reach 2025 percent of deforestation in the Amazon basin or even faster, depending on the degree of climate change.

There is no precise extent to deforestation in the nine countries where the Amazon forests lie, but many researchers believe that about 17 percent of the forest has already been lost, Kosova Prees broadcasts.

If this year's figures represent an acceleration of this process or an exception from the trend, it will only become evident next summer, when the dry season returns.

Speaking to reporters last month, President Bolsonaro predicted smoke would return with him.

“Deforestation and fires will never end. It's cultural,” he said.