The Amazon rainforest fires increased by 30% throughout 2019.
The Amazon rainforest fires last year increased by 30% compared to the previous year, 2018. Fires increased significantly throughout 2019 in the Amazon rainforest because people used fires to clear the land.
Fire is commonly used to clear the Amazon rainforest. The fires in the Amazon are started by farmers so that they can clear land to either raise livestock on that land, or to grow food on that land.
Fires were not the only problem for the Amazon rainforest last year - deforestation was also a major problem. In August of last year, the Amazon rainforest seen its worst ever August for deforestation.
The destruction of the Amazon rainforest, whether through deforestation or fires, is having a significant and detrimental impact on the forest. The destruction of the Amazon rainforest has been so bad that scientists warned in December of last year that we are now at the Amazon rainforests tipping point.
What Is The Tipping Point?
The tipping point of the Amazon rainforest means that if the Amazon rainforest passes a certain point of destruction, that destruction will be irreversible. It also means that the rainforest will start dying off, even if the rainforest hasn't been touched by human hands - by crossing the tipping point, it means that the rainforest will be no more, it will die and become a desert.
This would mean that we would lose the Amazon rainforest, and most likely, we would also lose all of the animals within that rainforest.