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False. The 2019 fires are way outside of the average: http://www.globalfiredata.org/forecast.html http://www.globalfiredata.org/forecast.html Also, what you ca
by skosch 7y ago
False. The 2019 fires are way outside of the average: http://www.globalfiredata.org/forecast.html http://www.globalfiredata.org/forecast.html
Also, what you call average is only the average over the past few years, which means: illegal loggers and ranchers burning the forest on purpose.
The true long-term average is a healthy forest with very few fires.
- icebraining 7y agoCan you point out where that page supports that claim? > only the average over the past few years That only reinforces in the point; if the numbers changed from the average a few years ago, why the sudden massive response just now?
- mrpopo 7y agoThe fires were man-made back then too and there was uproar about it, and the situation improved a lot. But even then deforestation was still ongoing. So it's a step back, meanwhile the deforestation rate never reached 0.