The Amazon rainforest has been on fire for a month.
Smoke is visible from space. Every second, we’re losing the area of a soccer field, and edging closer than ever before towards the point of no return.
At the G7 summit, world leaders offered the equivalent of AUD$32 million in aid to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been widely criticised for his (lack of) environmental policies, and failure to act.
This is what Bolsnaro’s dismantling environmental + indigenous protections looks like: @amnesty images of fires on indigenous land taken yesterday in Mato Grosso in #Brazil. Before being burned, this forest has been fenced off in preparation for being farmed. pic.twitter.com/L5kJG7WC90
— Richard Pearshouse (@RPearshouse) August 24, 2019
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Great article. While i am not vegan, (considering it though) I do realise that it's best for the planet (and our health) to reduce meat and dairy consumption.
But really what’s the point changing diet a bit and going paperless whilst the immigration spigot is still open adding hundreds of thousands of new people into the country who all need to be fed and upgraded to first world standards of consumption?
Actually going paperless is a bad idea. The number of new trees being commercially planted is a direct result of demand. By recycling paper we lower the demand for new trees and so fewer and fewer are planted. Expanding the need for paper and wood products would cause a boom in expanding tree numbers now and for the future.