{"id":12805,"date":"2019-08-26T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=12805"},"modified":"2021-03-17T16:12:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:12:41","slug":"fires-in-the-amazon-el-pulmon-del-planeta-esta-en-llamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/fires-in-the-amazon-el-pulmon-del-planeta-esta-en-llamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Fires in the Amazon: El pulm\u00f3n del planeta est\u00e1 en llamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Amazonas<\/em> is one of Earth\u2019s key ecological regions \u2014 so much so that it has been nicknamed \u201cel pulm\u00f3n del planeta<\/em>\u201d (the planet\u2019s lung) \u2014 but the most recent forest fires registered there are unprecedented, according to weather and conservation monitoring agencies.<\/p>\n

Encompassing a bioma<\/em> that covers approximately 6.7 million square kilometers of South America, most of the lush selva tropical<\/em> of the Amazon lies within Brazilian territory, but it is so big that ends up spreading into Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.<\/p>\n

According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Amazon is the h\u00e1bitat<\/em> of one tenth of all known living species on the planet, besides containing half of the remaining tropical forests (approx. 5.6 million km\u00b2 of dense forests) and almost 6,600 km of rivers.<\/p>\n

The Amazon, as is the case for every rainforest, holds billions and billions of metric tons of carbon, which helps in the stabilization of global climates.<\/p>\n

Rainforest Alliance explains that, in general, every rainforest is essential to the survival of all living beings on Earth, as they are the chief means for absorbing most of the noxious gases de efecto invernadero<\/em> emitted by human activities.<\/p>\n

Constant Threats to Earth\u2019s Lung<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Amazonia <\/em>as a whole has been threatened since the European colonization of South America by local populations, either to expand lands for agricultura<\/em> and ganader\u00eda<\/em> or to exploit the timber potential of that gigantic rainforest.<\/p>\n

Be it by tala<\/em> or by quema<\/em>, the constant deforestation of the Amazon basin has been releasing significant amounts of carbon to the atmosphere, which has contributed to today\u2019s climate change around the world.<\/p>\n

That is the reason why an incendio forestal<\/em>, even a comparatively small one, could have devastating consequences in the long term for the surrounding regions and the entire globe. The problem is, Brazil\u2019s National Institute for Space Research has already recorded an 83 % increase of the number of individual forest fires on the Amazon basin in 2019 compared with 2018.<\/p>\n

The current incendios<\/em> taking place in the Amazon are the worst ever seen. Despite efforts, the flames continue to devour nearly three soccer stadiums per minute. Brazil\u2019s northern states are among the worse-affected areas.<\/p>\n

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Image taken from Pixabay.<\/p><\/div>\n

The fires are not only destroying the world\u2019s biggest natural ecosystem, they are also emitting enormous amounts of di\u00f3xido de carbono<\/em> and smoke into the atmosphere, which have travelled as far as the Atlantic coast. It is worth mentioning that the rainforest capacity of absorbing these emissions is limited.<\/p>\n

This is a matter of concern for us all, because regardless of the country we live in or the language we speak, the Amazonas<\/em> is the biggest resource for all living species.<\/p>\n

Vocabs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agricultura<\/strong>: Agriculture<\/p>\n

Amazonas, Amazonia, Amazon\u00eda<\/strong>: The Amazon rainforest, as well as the Amazon basin<\/p>\n

Bioma<\/strong>: Biome (a major regional biological community, e.g. a forest or a desert.)<\/p>\n

Di\u00f3xido de carbono<\/strong>: Carbon dioxide<\/p>\n

Ganader\u00eda<\/strong>: Stockbreeding, cattle raising<\/p>\n

Gas de efecto invernadero<\/strong>: Greenhouse gas<\/p>\n

H\u00e1bitat<\/strong>: Habitat (a place where a living being or a population naturally occurs.)<\/p>\n

Incendio (forestal)<\/strong>: (Forest) fire<\/p>\n

Llama<\/strong>: Flame<\/p>\n

Planeta<\/strong>: Planet<\/p>\n

Pulm\u00f3n<\/strong>: Lung<\/p>\n

Quema<\/strong>: Burning<\/p>\n

Selva tropical<\/strong>: Rainforest (a forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.)<\/p>\n

Tala<\/strong>: Felling or cutting of trees<\/p>\n

Want to know more about the Amazon fires and rainforest in general?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIncendios en el Amazonas: el n\u00famero r\u00e9cord de fuegos que afectan a Brasil y tambi\u00e9n arrasan otros pa\u00edses de Sudam\u00e9rica\u201d (https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/mundo\/noticias-america-latina-49426794<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cBosques\u201d, by Rainforest Alliance (https:\/\/www.rainforestalliance.org\/lang\/es\/work\/forestry<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cAmazon\u201d, by the WWF (https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/places\/amazon<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Want to do something for the planet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I suggest starting to use Ecosia, a search engine powered by Bing and focusing most of its revenues on financing tree planting projects around the world. (https:\/\/www.ecosia.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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The Amazonas is one of Earth\u2019s key ecological regions \u2014 so much so that it has been nicknamed \u201cel pulm\u00f3n del planeta\u201d (the planet\u2019s lung) \u2014 but the most recent forest fires registered there are unprecedented, according to weather and conservation monitoring agencies. Encompassing a bioma that covers approximately 6.7 million square kilometers of South…<\/p>\n

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