With the Amazon wildfires currently burning and amidst speculation that humans have to take some of the blame for the catastrophe, celebrities have started to use their huge power on the internet to reach people.
One of them being actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who shared a post from conservation group, Rainforest Alliance, for his 33.8 million followers to see.
It reads: “The lungs of the Earth are in flames.
“The Brazilian Amazon – home to 1 million Indigenous people and 3 million species – has been burning for more than two weeks straight.
“There have been 74,000 fires in the Brazilian Amazon since the beginning of this year – a staggering 84% increase over the same period last year (National Institute for Space Research, Brazil).
“Scientists and conservationists attribute the accelerating deforestation to President Jair Bolsonaro, who issued an open invitation to loggers and farmers to clear the land after taking office in January. The largest rainforest in the world is a critical piece of the global climate solution.
“Without the Amazon, we cannot keep the Earth’s warming in check. The Amazon needs more than our prayers.”
His post goes on to suggest some ways in which we can help to protect the Amazon.
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