Amazon fires have affected almost all the region's endangered species

Fires set in the Amazon to clear land for farming have affected almost all the endangered species in the Amazon rainforest, cutting down on animal habitats and threatening plant species

Amazon fires have affected almost all the region's endangered species
Environment 1 September 2021

By Adam Vaughan

 Photo by Andre Penner/AP/Shutterstock (10753127a) Fire consumes onshore  deforested by cattle farmers adjacent   Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil Amazon Fires, Novo Progresso, Brazil - 23 Aug 2020

Deforested onshore successful the Amazon portion connected occurrence successful 2020

Andre Penner/AP/Shutterstock

Almost each the endangered taxon successful the Amazon rainforest person seen their habitats negatively affected by fires implicit the past 2 decades, researchers person found.

Home to a tenth of the world’s known taxon and astir 40 per cent of the planet’s remaining tropical forests, the Amazon ecosystem hasn’t evolved to header with the fires that are often acceptable wrong the rainforest to wide onshore for cattle farming.

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