Manaus - IGreenpeace iBrazil ithathe izithombe zemililo engekho emthethweni edale umonakalo omkhulu e-Amazon phakathi kukaJulayi 29 kuya ku-31 ngesikhathi somgwaqo owedlule. Izithombe zithathwe ngenkathi iBrazil Space Research Institute (INPE) iqopha u-2020 km² wokugawulwa kwamahlathi phakathi kuka-Agasti 2021 noJulayi 8,712, okuyizinga lesibili eliphakeme kakhulu lokuqothulwa kwamahlathi unyaka wonke okurekhodwe yisixwayiso se-DETER-B.
Izithombe namavidiyo atholakala kumtapo wezindaba weGreenpeace.
“Ngemuva kokuthi iBolsonaro neBrazil Congress bephakamise imithetho yezemvelo, manje bazama ngokuqinile ukuklomelisa ukugawulwa kwemithi ngokungemthetho nokwebiwa komhlaba. Ngokusebenzisa ngokungafanele imithetho yezimo eziphuthumayo, badabula izikweletu ezintsha eziletha ukubhujiswa okwengeziwe futhi zibhebhethekise isimo sezulu esiphuthumayo, ”kusho uCristiane Mazzetti, oyiSenior Forest Campaigner, eGreenpeace Brazil.
Yize uMengameli waseBrazil uJair Bolsonaro ethembisa ukubhekana nokugawulwa kwemithi ngokungemthetho, yena nabalingani bakhe baletha izikweletu eziningi ezivumela ukucekelwa phansi kwamahlathi okwedlulele futhi kudicilele phansi namalungelo omhlaba wabantu bomdabu. Ngo-Agasti 3, iChamber of Deputies yaseBrazil yaphasisa umthetho onamandla, i-PL2633, owawuzokwenza kube semthethweni ukuthathwa komhlaba emhlabeni womphakathi. Ukuthathwa komhlaba emhlabeni womphakathi kuhlotshaniswa nengxenye yesithathu yako konke ukuqothulwa kwamahlathi e-Amazon eBrazil. Ochwepheshe babikezela ukuthi lezi ziphakamiso zingakwazi “ukwephula” i-Amazon njengoba ihlathi lemvula lingaxhasa kuphela inani elilinganiselwe lokulahleka kwamahlathi ngaphambi kokuba lihluleke njengemvelo.
“Bambalwa abebelindele ukuthi lo hulumeni afeze isethembiso sakhe esingelona iqiniso sokunciphisa ukugawulwa kwamahlathi ngo-10%. Izikhulu ziyaqhubeka nokwenza buthaka ama-ejensi ezemvelo futhi zisebenzisa amasosha unyaka wesithathu zilandelana ukuphenya amacala ezemvelo, isu elikhombise ukuthi alisebenzi, ”kuqhubeka uMazzetti. Zizosheshisa ukuwa kwe-Amazon futhi zibhubhise izingxenye zehlathi elinemvula ezibaluleke kakhulu ekuvikeleni izimo ezimbi kakhulu zesimo sezulu nezimo zezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo. "
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Izithombe: Greenpeace