More than 17,000 hot spots are burning in the world's largest rainforest -- choking the skies with soot and razing the last habitats of countless endangered species.
But it's not even making the news.
Right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro is more than happy to do nothing while the flames turn the Amazon to ash.
But we can't stand by and do nothing.
That's why we're launching an Amazon Rescue Plan to address the root cause of these out-of-control flames: the ranching, logging, and mining industries.
Here's what we've got planned:
- rally consumers in Europe to ban the import of soy grown in the ashes of the Amazon
- pressure politicians in Europe and the UK to stop a trade deal with Brazil that would further stoke the flames
- hire a Portuguese-speaking campaigner to support Indigenous people’s fights against corporations burning down the Amazon
Our planet depends on the Amazon for its survival. And our plan to save it depends on you. Will you chip in a little each month to power our Amazon Rescue Plan?
More information
Amazon fires: Year-on-year numbers doubled in October
BBC News. 2 November 2020.
BBC News. 2 November 2020.
Tens of thousands of fires are pushing the Amazon to a tipping point
CNN. 10 September 2020.
CNN. 10 September 2020.
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jump in October
Al Jazeera. 2 November 2020.
Al Jazeera. 2 November 2020.