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Dear Jon,
From California to the Amazon, we are yet again witnessing a series of historic and destructive wildfires around the world. These fires harm the health of people, wildlife, and habitats; contribute to climate change; and cause billions of dollars in damage each year.
In tropical areas, wildfires not only threaten to destroy some of the richest biodiversity hot spots on the planet, they also erase local livelihoods, erode forest and freshwater resources, and harm the health of forest-dependent communities. Through August of this year, the number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest surged 99% over 2018 levels while the Brazilian Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland area, experienced an astonishing 1,584% increase in wildfires compared to 2018. The challenge is daunting, but the solutions are also clear. Most global deforestation is driven by the expanded production of just four agricultural commodities: palm oil, beef, soy, and timber. The United States can and should work with countries to prevent illegal deforestation and to protect biodiversity hot spots like the Amazon and Pantanal from land conversion and wildfires—and ensure that products that drive forest loss have no place in American markets.
We need your help. Tell Congress to increase funding to protect biodiversity strongholds like the Amazon and Pantanal and take action to tackle the root causes of deforestation and wildfires.
Thank you for taking action to end deforestation worldwide and protect the world's remaining critical habitats.
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Sara Thomas
World Wildlife Fund |
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Amazon fires 2019 © Araqueém Alcántara / WWF-Brazil; Sara Thomas © Deb Lindsey / WWF-US
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