'We are asking the authorities to set up an inquiry to investigate what is leading to the increase in fires in this region and hold the culprits to account.'
Gabriel Santos, a lawyer from Rio Branco, Brazil, started the petition to call attention to the massive fires currently ravaging the world's largest ecosystem and requested for the government to put an end to the allowed clearing of land by fire in the Amazon."We are asking the authorities to set up an inquiry to investigate what is leading to the increase in fires in this region and hold the culprits to account," Santos said in a statement.
"I have spent all my life here, and when I saw that the place I live in was on fire I couldn't take no other action but to use my voice to engage people around the country to defend our rainforest," Santos toldForest fires have drastically increased since Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro — a conservative leader who favors development over conservation — took office in July 2018.
"More than half of the fires are in the Amazon, which is not only killing biodiversity and ecosystems but also damaging the health of millions, especially the elderly and children who cannot breathe due to smoke," Santos continued.
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