Thought Process

I have a dream. Well, at least I had one. It will stay in the past tense for as long as the current president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, remains with his mindset that the deforestation of the Amazon is the key to increasing Brazil's wealth. Though his greed, my dream will never come true. For years I've always said I'd travel in the Amazon settle with one of the tribes and learn their way, in the hope to use their knowledge to create a better society. I dreamed that I'd represent the minority whenever I could. So here I am.. On his first day in office Brazil's current president, Jair Bolsonaro, loosened protective regulations that were placed in 1988. The regulations placed in order to protect the tribes from previous decades of violence and discrimination. The reserved land for the tribes which has been protected makes up 12,5% out of the 60%, which is within Brazil's territory, of the Amazon Rainforest. Map showing how much of the Amazon is Protected and...

Our lungs were on fire and it didn’t reach the media until weeks after ranging fires continued. The Amazon Rainforest is home to millions of species and hundreds of tribes yet didn’t get a lot of media coverage. Yes, the Amazon gets thousands of fires every year especially in the dry season but this one was different. This one completely wiped out a large part of the forest. It is important for people to be aware of the fire, the destruction it brought and how to help. Causes One might ask what’s so different about this fire if fires in the Amazon are common especially during the dry season. Well, the regulations were put into place in 1988 in order to prevent deforestation which causes a spike in fires as well as to protect the indigenous tribes. In 2008 regulations were placed to protect the forest even further. Brazil’s current president, Jair Bolsonaro, loosened those regulations that protected certain areas the Amazon from deforestation. Now allowing activities such as mining,...