Brazil, Bolivia & Peru Impacted by Amazon Fires (Portuguese)

September 30, 2019 | Notícias da Hora

Fabio Pontes

Fire consumes tree trunk in forest clearing in rural Assis Brazil. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Brazil, 2019.

Among the 3 border states between Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, Acre was the champion in the registration of heat spots in 2019; more than 5,000 only between August and September. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Brazil, 2019.

National Force firefighter watches burned to set fire fighting strategy; fire-to-fire technique was one of those used to prevent further damage. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Brazil, 2019.

Army military protects Imac firefighters and inspectors during firefighting in Assis Brasil (AC); use of the Armed Forces came after international pressure on the Brazilian government. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Brazil, 2019.

Aerial photo gives the size of the area destroyed by the felling and fire in a federal government Incra settlement project; families say clearing to expand cultivation fields. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Brazil, 2019.

Native Community Belgium, in the department of Madre de Dios (Peru). Only the Acre River separates it from the Brazilian territory. On the other bank is the Chico Mendes Reserve. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Peru, 2019.

Farmer carries bucket of water in an attempt to fight the burning flames inside his property after being caught by Imac, National Force and Army staff. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Peru, 2019.

Logging truck runs in branches inside indigenous land in Peru; logging is the main economic force for the residents of Iñapari, Madre de Dios province. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Peru, 2019.

Luís Añes de Andrade, son of chief Ilson Andrade; he and 20 other Piro people from Peru had to carry water in buckets to fight fire inside the forest. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Peru, 2019.

Chief Ilson Añes de Andrade of the Piro people in Peru: fire that entered the community forest was started on a neighboring farm. Indigenous Territory is one of the last preserved areas on the triple MAP border. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Peru, 2019.

Farmer Wilson Freitas, from Assis Brasil (AC), says that felling within his area is to expand the land; He wants to invest in growing bananas, cassava, rice and watermelon. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Brazil, 2019.

The neighboring cities of Brasileia, in Acre, and Cobija, in Pando, taken by the smoke of the fires; In 2019, almost 55 thousand Acreans were treated at the public health network for respiratory diseases. Image by Jardy Lopes/Notícias da Hora. Brazil, 2019.

The sandbanks and the little water left over from the Acre River after six months of drought separate the village of the Piro people in Peru from the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in Brazil. Although officially separated by an imaginary line from the international border, the two neighboring regions had a common problem this year: the burning.

While Brazil was at the center of world news because of the forest fires, other Amazonian countries were going through the same situation.

Brazil's triple border with Bolivia and Peru is a good picture of what has been pointed out as one of the most critical moments for the survival of the world's most important rainforest.

View the story in Portuguese on the Notícias da Hora website.

Residents of the Triple Border Between Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru Impact and Are Impacted by the Use of Fires During the Amazon Dry Spell (Portuguese)