It's Endgame Now

The  Amazon is burning, the Arctic's on fire, the Ocean's are boiling,  the Coral reefs are dying,  Greenland is melting, the Permafrost  is collapsing, Antarctica is heating, Ecosystems are  crashing, Earth is turing into desert, Emmisions are accelerating. Fires raged in Brazilian  Amazon  during 2017 in Arariboia , indegenious territory in the  state of Maranhao. Some were started by the farmers  trying to clear land for  farming or cattle , others  started to cover up illegal  lodging operations  , and some were natural.  Now, 2019 is going to eclipse that. Maranhao like so many other states has been extensively lodged,  and just a few pockets of  original forest remains. The rest of the  land has been turned to agricultural or cattle ranches. 

Amazon rainforest or" lungs of our planet" produces 20% oxygen in the earth's atmosphere,  It is  the most diverse rainforest on Earth  containing  1/3 of all the terrestrial plant, animals, and insect  spices, 75% of which are unique to it.  Amazon rainforest is World's carbon sink, without it the  Earth's ability to  lock excess carbon will reduce , this  will increase the effects of  global warming  resulting in a global climate crises.  It is home to more than 30 million people  almost 1.6 mn belong to indigenous groups. According to BrazilsB space research center INPE, more than 75,000 forest fires  have been detected in  Amazon in 2019 alone , the highest since records began in 2013.  The fires have resulted in  carbondioxide release  equivalent of  228 megatonns  in 2019, the highest since 2010 carbon monoxide levels are also high  accelerating climate change even further.  If you think you're  far away from Brazil and it can't affect you!  About 1,700 miles away  from the fire,  the skies turned dark  over San  Paulo, Brazil as the thick smoke  blocked the Sun's rays , the smoke is infact so dense that it can be seen from space. According to  WWF,  excessive cattle ranching is no. 1 culprit of  deforestation  in every  Amazon  country, and accounts for 80% of current deforestation. This is responsible for  the release of  340  million tons  of carbon every year, which is  3.4% of current global emmisions.Brazil is not the only  country in the Amazon region experiencing  a  high  number  of  fires. Venezuela is  at second highest position with over 26,000 fires.  Bolivia comes third with over 17,000 fires. 

Just praying or raising awarness for amazon  is not going  to help Amazon or climate chhange.  We're in the  endgame now, the  temperature is rising by 2.3  every year  accelerating many  natural calamities.  How can we help it?  

1. Stop eating red meat. The forests are being burnt out at the rate of 3 football fields  per minute. All this just to raise  cattle for the beef  industry. And they give out methane.  More green house gases = rise in global warming , it also cathes fire.

2. Segregate your waste. If we do not segregate our waste it goes to the  landfill together , produces methane and catches fire. eg Deonar fire in mumbai.

3. Reduce your energy consumption, eg  electricity, fuels, etc.

4. Substitute single use plastic products  with cloth,steel , glass, paper etc.

5. Reduce to a minimalistic tiny living, avoid  impulse and  hoardingg of  the things not needed and waste resources 

6. You  cannot compensate  for the amazon  but you can try to save your planet atleast. you've read nany things already about  planting  more trees, banning plastic etc. but you feel how can a single person  make any difference.  

You Can  make a difference, because if you don't initiate now,  we're doomed.