Post by Andrei Tchentchik on Jan 23, 2020 13:31:03 GMT 2
(.#A.026).- Aircraft finally deployed to fight fires in the Amazon.
Aircraft finally deployed to fight fires in the Amazon.
Monday, August 26, 2019.
Protesters denounce President Bolsonaro's inaction in the face of the disaster.
Impressive columns of smoke emanating from a fire in the state of Rondônia. Bolivians lacking means desperately tried to extinguish the flames near the town of Robore.
PORTO VELHO (AFP) Under international pressure, Brazil finally came into action yesterday in the Amazon, two C-130 Hercules aircraft dropping the first tens of thousands of liters of water over the rainforest where the number of fires progressed.
Demonstrations took place in various Brazilian cities in defense of the "lung of the planet", while the G7 countries announced aid to the Amazon "as soon as possible".
President Jair Bolsonaro, to whom the American ally offered his help, thanked in a tweet not the G7, but "dozens of heads of state who (...) will help us overcome the crisis that has not interest than those who want to weaken Brazil.
"BOLSONARO VA-T-EN"
In this regard, he announced in the evening that he had accepted Israel's proposal to provide a plane for firefighting.
In Rio de Janeiro, some 2,000 people protested in the Ipanema neighborhood, two days after protests in Europe. "Bolsonaro go away, Amazon rest! They chanted.
First concrete action of the government: two C-130 Hercules able to release 12000 liters of water of delaying product were deployed by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), announced the Minister of Defense.
These water bombers operate at low altitude from Porto Velho, the state capital of Rondônia, who has woken up again under a disturbing smoke cover.
The number of fires increased by 1,130 throughout Brazil in 24 hours, according to the National Institute of Space Research (INPE). The latest figures on Saturday night show 79513 wildfires since the beginning of the year in this country, of which a little more than half in the Amazon.
Above Rondônia, a frontier state of Bolivia, forest fires send columns of smoke with their huge amounts of carbon.
43000 SOLDIERS
So far, seven states, including Rondônia, have appealed to the army. Some 43,000 Amazon-based soldiers are available to fight fires, said Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo e Silva.
The governors of the affected states have urgently requested "material support" from Jair Bolsonaro who accused them this week of "complicity" with the perpetrators of "arson".
The government has released emergency funds of $ 38 million ($ 12.2 million) for firefighting operations. The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sergio Moro, has given the green light to the deployment of police officers against the illegal destruction of forests in the Amazon.
F I N.
Aircraft finally deployed to fight fires in the Amazon.
Monday, August 26, 2019.
Protesters denounce President Bolsonaro's inaction in the face of the disaster.
Impressive columns of smoke emanating from a fire in the state of Rondônia. Bolivians lacking means desperately tried to extinguish the flames near the town of Robore.
PORTO VELHO (AFP) Under international pressure, Brazil finally came into action yesterday in the Amazon, two C-130 Hercules aircraft dropping the first tens of thousands of liters of water over the rainforest where the number of fires progressed.
Demonstrations took place in various Brazilian cities in defense of the "lung of the planet", while the G7 countries announced aid to the Amazon "as soon as possible".
President Jair Bolsonaro, to whom the American ally offered his help, thanked in a tweet not the G7, but "dozens of heads of state who (...) will help us overcome the crisis that has not interest than those who want to weaken Brazil.
"BOLSONARO VA-T-EN"
In this regard, he announced in the evening that he had accepted Israel's proposal to provide a plane for firefighting.
In Rio de Janeiro, some 2,000 people protested in the Ipanema neighborhood, two days after protests in Europe. "Bolsonaro go away, Amazon rest! They chanted.
First concrete action of the government: two C-130 Hercules able to release 12000 liters of water of delaying product were deployed by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), announced the Minister of Defense.
These water bombers operate at low altitude from Porto Velho, the state capital of Rondônia, who has woken up again under a disturbing smoke cover.
The number of fires increased by 1,130 throughout Brazil in 24 hours, according to the National Institute of Space Research (INPE). The latest figures on Saturday night show 79513 wildfires since the beginning of the year in this country, of which a little more than half in the Amazon.
Above Rondônia, a frontier state of Bolivia, forest fires send columns of smoke with their huge amounts of carbon.
43000 SOLDIERS
So far, seven states, including Rondônia, have appealed to the army. Some 43,000 Amazon-based soldiers are available to fight fires, said Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo e Silva.
The governors of the affected states have urgently requested "material support" from Jair Bolsonaro who accused them this week of "complicity" with the perpetrators of "arson".
The government has released emergency funds of $ 38 million ($ 12.2 million) for firefighting operations. The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sergio Moro, has given the green light to the deployment of police officers against the illegal destruction of forests in the Amazon.
F I N.
