The “lungs of the planet” are burning.

The Amazon forest produces 20 percent of the oxygen in our planet's atmosphere.

of the Amazon
rainforest has been lost.
The month of August, which is typically the
beginning of the “fire season”, has seen a
spike in the number of fires breaking out
across the Amazon rainforest.
However, the dry season creates favorable
conditions for the use and spread of fire, but
starting a fire is the work of humans, either
deliberately or by accident.