Extreme drought and deforestation are priming the Amazon rainforest for a terrible fire season
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By Drew Kann, CNN
Scientists are on high alert that the Amazon is careening toward a destructive fire season. Parts of Brazil and its typically lush rainforest are parched by drought and loaded with fire-kindling fuel after a surge of deforestation in 2020.
Experts say the region has rarely been drier than it is now, and researchers who monitor the Amazon have already spotted a rash of large fires this year. The rainforest’s first major fire of 2021 occurred more than a week earlier than last year, according to Matt Finer, a senior research specialist at the non-profit Amazon Conservation, who leads the organization’s real-time fire monitoring program.
We need more rewilding and connections to nature, says Enrique Ortiz
Enrique Ortiz is a Peruvian biologist who has been working in conservation in Latin America since the 1970s. Today he works at the Andes Amazon Fund, a philanthropic initiative that has helped establish 79 protected areas and get 18 Indigenous territories titled.
Ortiz says the pandemic has been “terrible and tragic” for both people and the environment, with a rise in poverty, violence against environmental defenders, and environmental crime and degradation.
But he also notes surprising resilience where communities and local governments have continued protecting wilderness despite COVID-19.
Ortiz spoke about these issues and more during an April 2021 conversation with Mongabay founder Rhett A. Butler.
by Wire Reports April 21, 2021 .
CARY – SAS will work with the Amazon Conservation and the Healthy Reefs for Healthy People (HR4HP) Initiative led by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, with three objectives: stopping rainforest deforestation, improving reef health, and reducing the carbon footprint of the Cary-based company.
SAS announced the news earlier today in a press statement.
“We feel a responsibility to use our technology and our resources to find answers to the world’s most pressing needs.” said Susan Ellis, Brand Director and Head of Social Innovation Programs at SAS, in the statement. “But it is our employees’ passion and commitment to social innovation that makes it a powerful force for change.”
SAS strives to combat deforestation, improve reef health and lower emissions
Analytics leader working with the Smithsonian and Amazon Conservation to help protect the planet
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CARY, N.C., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ SAS commitment to creating a more sustainable future through social innovation is highlighted this Earth Day, as the analytics innovator works with the Amazon Conservation and the Healthy Reefs for Healthy People (HR4HP) Initiative, led by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, to help address three critical environmental issues: stopping rainforest deforestation, improving reef health, and reducing SAS carbon footprint.
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