The destruction of the Amazon, explained

The 2019 fires were just the tip of the iceberg.
This is Part 1 of Vox Atlas: The Amazon, a three-part series about the world's largest rainforest, why it's in jeopardy, and the people trying to save it. Watch all three parts right here on KZbin.
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The Amazon rainforest has been reduced by about 17% since the 1970s. Cattle ranchers, loggers, and farmers are mostly to blame for the deforestation, but the demand driving them comes from all around the world. Brazil's economy depends on agriculture, especially beef and soy, which is grown on cleared land in the Amazon. Today, president Jair Bolsonaro, is weakening the environmental protections there in order to give agriculture more power. This came to a head when, in summer 2019, more than 30,000 wildfires burned in the Amazon, sparking worldwide outrage.
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The Intercept: theintercept.com/2019/07/06/b...
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[@Lugmillord]

"If it is being destroyed, if that's people's goal, it should be destroyed." - what a horrible, horrible mindset.

[@gzzzboi7368]

Lugmillord that’s a follower right there.

[@ic6492]

People are so ignorant.

[@sina7613]

He doesn't even make sense. The people DON'T want the forest to be destroyed. It's the businesses. He killed my last 2 brain cells

[@dialexnunes]

HE should be the one destroyed

[@OzWasTaken]

If i come across this evil farmer I'll punch his face in

[@dolandark9854]

“Only when the last tree is cut down and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught we will realise that we cannot eat money” - Cree Indian Proverb

[@divinelove4604]

Dolan Dark , it's not for man to cause destruction of earth as an excuse to prove a point about money or any other philosophical beliefs. Leave earth out of it.

[@MoonlightWalnut]

Hi it's Paeonia and I'm Everything! What?

[@toe179]

There’s no need for money when the earth is gone Use your brain

[@D0nnyy]

@diego that saying was made before dr Seuss was born

[@pain002]

Bro that quote isn't even real and I've seen it in 7 different comments now. But it gets the point across so fair enough

[@r-b1960]

The fact that the video didn't end on a positive note, but rather a threatening one gives me major anxiety.

[@augustus218]

We are both in the same boat.

[@leonardomely6519]

You are not alone. But maybe it should end on a bad note so people wake up to the hellscape we are heading towards

[@Zeth444]

Why would it end on a positive note. There is nothing positive about what is happening.

[@giovannirafael5351]

Welcome to the permanent anxiety crisis that is Brazil.

[@vgrepairs]

@@Zeth444 right? Dumba$$e$.....

[@jeremydiaz9642]

Kids in 100 years *_"Polar bears and Penguins? What are they?"_*

[@autocorrect2.070]

@Augustus Romanus Actually it was because they were hunted a lot for fur and food since they were so big providing a lot of it.

[@eternalsunshineofthespotlessme]

More like, kids in a 100 years: Nothing because there won't be any.

[@gustavodagamaaraujo7054]

@@eternalsunshineofthespotlessme exactly

[@placeholder1237]

Rhinos and sharks

[@b_jain7467]

at this rate human can't even survive 50 more years let alone 100 years

[@theaudastity9920]

I saw a comment somewhere, it went like this: “If you think the economy is more important than the environment, try counting your money without breathing”

[@Head.Lioness]

The Audastity Wow. This is a very impactful quote. Thank you for sharing it with us. 🙂

[@jayh.2566]

Wow

[@ufs736]

dont even have to stop breathing

[@henryhatton1441]

Big facts

[@henryhatton1441]

@@ufs736 your not going to be able to count your money

[@lewdscholar8175]

When the last tree is dead, the last river is poisoned and the last fish is caught, we will realize that we cannot eat money... Indigenous proverb.

[@viniciusferrari2653]

Indigenous*

[@grimsyn8174]

*indigenous they’re not Indian.

[@vex_ahlia7]

IT'S NOT INDIAN.... study it up

[@lewdscholar8175]

I edited it😊

[@HowdyMaLady]

realize*

[@lewijinks9736]

This breaks my heart, all that progress to turn things around is being dismantled so quickly again. :(

[@laxynticu5313]

We are making more projects to save the rainforests

[@wall3423]

@@laxynticu5313 there is no need of making any project to save rainforest ,we just need to stop disturbing wildlife and forest and the forest is very much able to take care of itself as it is surviving from millions of years without any help from humans.

[@aur9035]

@@wall3423 i feel like both is needed at this point

[@danielasterling6936]

​@@aur9035 BARILOCHE LAS LEÑAS SAN MARTÍN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A

[@sacchin8535]

Progress for who?

[@johnvonhorn2942]

The developed world that has already destroyed most of its own ecology should hand over a few percent of their GDP to preserve the Amazon.

[@jacobdockter3436]

lol

[@Capricegirl_]

“Hello, welcome to the Amazon Desert.” -Future tour guides

[@Nixx1.0]

2070:Welcome to Mars 4910: Welcome to Andromeda! 6720: Welcome to.. space.

[@FrogQueenie]

T.T

[@blvvdsawgekkt2599]

66760 • 67 million years ago yuh

[@abbiegilfilen3449]

they'd be dead first

[@morfeuh]

Future tourists don't even care how the 20 million inhabitants of the Brazilian Amazon made money to survive.

[@alorisbecker]

We should start illegally growing trees in the amazon

[@Kavyathegreat]

LETS GOOOO ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF ANYONE STOPS US, I GOT MY GRENADE---

[@vickiiz]

LETS DO THIS

[@user-ji4fx9cm6t]

No be a good citizen

[@donteatmyfood416]

@@user-ji4fx9cm6t nah.

[@yousufsiddiqsyed4412]

😂😂

[@bush.nawaz.t8385]

People who live in Brazil, please don't let the deforestation rate increase, I am from South India and I know what are the effects of it, my town has suffered severely. Please don't let them cut down that beautiful rainforest. You have the right to protest and protect.

[@jeanlian2467]

hi how will i explain to you, we are not to blame last year more than 8 countries stole firewood from the amazon without anyone knowing it, it is not good for us to deforest the amazon because the population prefers to live more on the coast and our economy is not based on exports

[@imretardedbut7572]

People like you are the reason why most of india isn't developed

YOU REALLY THINK THAT I CAN DO ANYTHING, SPECIALLY RIGHT NOW? As someone who lives in the Amazon Rainforest, there's NOTHING a normal individual can do to stop the Amazon Rainforest from burning.

[@MDE_never_dies]

They are destroying something they clearly don't deserve to have.

[@danielasterling6936]

​@@MDE_never_dies BRAZIL FOR THE BRAZILIANS

[@dopeyek]

At the beginning of this year i was in Peruvian Amazon near Nauta. I stayed inside the forest for 5 days. La selva changed my understanding of life. Without Amazon we are nothing. We are not destroying the forest we are destroying ourselves.

[@danielasterling6936]

BRAZIL FOR THE BRAZILIANS

[@duncanbananatyne3890]

@@danielasterling6936 Amazonia for the Amazonians.

[@jalapenohiway]

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance & conscientious stupidity." -MLK Jr

[@tanweeralam1650]

And add to that hate.People with these 3 qualities are now Growing in numbers. God save this planet

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Who cares? I want products. I don't care about this irrelevant forest.

[@blackdoveyt]

Maybe people should speak more about the atrocities that China is committing then. They are also the world's #1 polluter. Let's destroy China

[@guillerhonora717]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 shut up

[@cizeek9748]

@@blackdoveyt well you are right that China is doing atrocious things like this as well, but you cannot simply focus on one thing, as the others may get worse and worse and sometimes have unreversible damages. Also you cannot just 'destroy china'. For one it's not as easy as saying do that, and second if you were to 'destroy china' they would fight back most likely resulting in a war that causes 99% of humanity to just vanish and a nuclear winter that would make it even more harder for humans to survive...

[@snakeboy625]

That man’s last comment was shockingly selfish and ignorant, I was genuinely surprised

[@SrSideral]

i'm not surprised at all, i never found a conservative that wasn't selfish and ignorant. Here in brazil the ignorance is boosted by low education rates and fundamentalist religious beliefs.

[@cvcv7111]

@@SrSideral Sadly it's the same in many latin american countries

[@iqbalindaryono8984]

If the entire world pitched in to deal with an earth problem we probably wouldn't be in this mess. We only have ourselves to blame

[@gustavogoncalves3900]

Dont be shocked! Thats how bolsonaros voters thinks and do

[@urso15]

​@@gustavogoncalves3900 Bolsonaros voter's are only compared to Trump's.

[@TurrkeySlap]

Who tf thought it was a good idea to make a highway through the rain forest??

[@TkTulio]

Which country are you talking about? Many roads that connected Europe before was forests too, at least it's very commun in any country in the world. And it's not because now it doesn't looks like forest, that you gonna forget that it one day was massive forest. Why Brazilian cannot connect with their neighbors of South America? It probably will help to develop the region, and possible will make then to develop in some sustainable way,much more than now.

[@nescaufrioemtbom1113]

@Night Lock so you are saying that people that lives on cities on the amazon rainforest doesnt need cheap suplies coming from roads? You are not bothering with the people that lives there

[@GeneGerwin]

@@TkTulio They didn't need to build a road through the heart of the Amazon to "connect." They knew exactly what they were doing by placing it smack-dab in the middle and then setting industrialists loose to carve up the rest.

[@GeneGerwin]

@@nescaufrioemtbom1113 Who lived in the middle of the Amazon prior to this road? That's right- natives who were self-sufficient.

[@uselessjuan1878]

hi guys

[@thatindiannerd6390]

Countries be like "oH nO ThE AmAzON iS bEiNg DeStRoYeD." Also said countries : **donate only 0.000000000001% of economy to save it**

[@Big_Aq]

well its mostly in brazil isnt it?

[@sonicvenom8292]

Didn’t Brazil refuse aid?

[@Dornana]

@@sonicvenom8292 this "aid" was sent to NGOs suspected of extracting minerals illegally from the Amazon. You from foreign nations have to understand that your government does not want to help the Amazon they want is its resources.

[@L-monteiro]

And most of them don't take care of their own garden!

[@grafvonvorneundeinskometen7893]

@@Dornana just because countries are hippocrats doesnt change the fact the we as the people on this one planet should do something against the destruction of said planet

[@user-nh7my6gg5b]

People will really use God as an excuse for anything.

[@lamaripiazza5226]

IKR like get over it

[@keon2612]

And they never get tired from it

[@realpolitics527]

Yes

[@bendover2684]

Youre a nihilist , Not trustworthy

[@C4OnYourDoor]

TRUE

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Alternate title: How a select few people screws over an entire planet

[@FreedomBreeze24]

@@pedrom6880 exactly. It's not a SELECT FEW if we all increase the demand for meat collectively. Our greed is destroying the planet 😢

[@tanweeralam1650]

It's time to Stop those select few or some special interest groups or elites. Don't forget..Arctic and Antarctica are also melting. It's time to SAVE our mother Earth.

[@ShhhHhhhz]

yeah its those rich elites destroying those forest for $$, meanwhile i'm gonna go to the burger joint and get my daily $1.50 burger fix

[@Washinyot]

@@pedrom6880 ok vetard

[@DeusExHomeboy]

If you eat meat STILL, then you are a part of the problem. The rich people don't make the meat for themselves. They make it so YOU buy it. If nobody bought meat, then nobody would sell it.

[@nojusy1992]

I just wanna slap that guy who used god as an excuse to systematically destroy one of the earths greatest rainforest.

[@frankmcnally5993]

He probably slaps harder than you

[@matheusnguyen5924]

Bruh you literally copied and pasted Paul Lavelles comment. Shame

[@yert5679]

bruh

[@liafitriapurnamawati2432]

COPY

[@jollyjokress3852]

I'll help the OP.

[@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos]

Dutch turn their entire country into farmland: God created the earth but the Dutch created Holland Brazil claims rainforest for farmland: oh those poor trees, do those criminals even have a conscience?

[@Quareque]

Right notice, but anyway killing Amazon rainforest or European deciduous forests are both evil activities.

[@aesynk3537]

Childrens in 200 years ; *« So you’re telling me that Amazon Desert was a rainforest? »*

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

Let's hope that doesn't actually happen

[@JC-sv8oe]

That's if we live passed that

[@natashapk13]

😓

[@Kavyathegreat]

*"yes kids, it was truely a beautiful rainforest"* */cries in Australia/*

[@quickrant717]

You are quite an optimist to think it will take 200 years. Human beings deserve all the effects of global warming and climate change that's coming.

[@notme1660]

"Nature is renewable, god knows what he does, If it is being destroyed, if that's people goal, it should be destroyed". God, I want to punch that man

[@elninorosario]

Can't blame him too ..these people were born poor ... The forest is source of wealth ... It's the responsibility of the rich developed nations to make policies that develop poor countries . ...

[@SenhoritaF.]

@@elninorosario Not really. In Brazil the big farmers that are burning down the Amazon are often from families who had land with sugar cane and coffee crops in the Southeast since the XIX century when slavery was still legal. Some are descendants of European immigrants who were granted free land in the South by the government in the 1910's. The point is, you need a lot of money to invest in a farm like his, so these people aren't poor, they just want more and more money. The majority of the poor people in the Amazon probably would benefit more from sustainable activities than from farmland in the hands of the ruralistas.

[@jackolantern404]

More than just punch him. He is like a literal face to the issues killing our mother Earth. 🤬

[@thijsjong]

@@elninorosario More like explosive population growth. It is not rocket surgery you know.

[@elninorosario]

@@SenhoritaF. thanks for that fresh perspective .. i didn't know about that ... Usually in poor countries the rich get richer and poor get poorer

[@aryaana1479]

It is so terrible how much of the rainforest is being destroyed 😔

[@mensageiroverdade7692]

I live in Manaus, center of the Amazon rainforest. If free internet is available on the Amazon, the people of the region could monitor and report it with the mobile apps and GPS location.

[@nameunlisted002]

Jesus.. this world is getting scarier by the year

[@ffccardoso]

this is fakenews, Amazon is totally stable... the fires are normal in August since ever! I'm from here

[@y4k052]

Felipe Ferreira *ok boomer.

[@Amandeep68Singh]

Ok then, stop eating meat

[@oksheesh7436]

Yako S. Ok daddy

[@MrJmoker]

presented to you by capitalism

[@maxxcastillo9347]

"The devil wears a suit and tie"

[@zoranls]

Maxx Castillo behave

[@airdynamite63]

And his name is Jair Bolsonard

[@manjuthakur8908]

@@zoranls U behave he or she is totally right

[@donteatmyfood416]

@@zoranls you mad?

[@UncarteD]

@@airdynamite63 Jair Who? Lol

[@catioroforasterodeloeste4790]

you didn't translate 10:49 completely. He did not only say "transformed into a farm like mine" but also "all of it burned to the ground" "eu gostaria de ver ela toda no chão"

[@zigs6257]

Burned? Ele não disse nada de burned. Liar.

[@catioroforasterodeloeste4790]

@@zigs6257 Figura de linguagem. É impossível traduzir ao inglês, sem perder o sentido, sem adicionar o verbo omitido por elipse.

[@zigs6257]

@@catioroforasterodeloeste4790 não é nada impossível. Bastava vc dizer " i wish the forest all felled on the ground". Se vc "traduziu" algo sobre incêndio, a tradução está errada. E o engraçado é que vc corrigiu a tradução, com uma tradução errada. Mas blz, abraço

[@catioroforasterodeloeste4790]

@@zigs6257 burrão tu. Felled dá a impressão que o empresário milionário alí tava se referindo à queda "natural" da floresta. Se fosse para manter a figura de linguagem utilizada, de omissão (elipse), o mais próximo seria "all of it to the ground". Mas aí correria o risco de ser ambíguo e sem sentido. E o sentido é que ele deseja que a floresta amazônica seja inteira derrubada artificialmente, assim como a fazenda dele. Por isso burned é o verbo em omissão, e o coloquei na frase em inglês para preservar o sentido. Você simplesmente trocou o verbo omitido de "desflorestada/queimada"(burned é utilizada em todos esses sentidos) para "caída", ou seja, só trocou por um verbo que não seja tão agressivo. E ainda me chamou de mentiroso. Vá te fudê porra.

[@sournois90]

@@zigs6257 estuda mais antes de comentar, sua tradução está errada... se você não sabe nada de adaptação e tradução, não publique bosta na Internet

[@lrochacastro2308]

The worst of all of this is that the most populated regions in Brazil (Southern East, where stands the most important capitals of the country, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) were supposed to be a desert because of natural reasons but they're not deserts only because of the Amazon Rainforest and its important umidity. I live in a state that is located in those areas. Our governors are blind.

[@RiceBiscuit]

"its okay if we destroy the forrest guys, god will take care of it" *facepalm*

[@adibahyahaya6731]

Smh 😭

[@-kahmi-]

@@user-be1jx7ty7n there's more forest in europe than in the middle ages

[@tanweeralam1650]

Not facepalm...2 Hard slaps on his face✋

[@alexandrub8786]

@@-kahmi- 1. Yes because the middle age pesants were the best at recording the numbers of the tress. 2. The trees were the combustibel of teir time and a faster and cheaper material than metal so it was more used so normaly that today europe has more forests is the second less one of the less densly populated places on earth.

[@battleexpert9030]

America got more forests than you can imagine and you should come to see it yourself

[@JonathanGray0124]

**Reads title** Me: “Maybe this wont be dramatic” **click** Me: **Silent panic thru entire video**

[@Soyabwan]

Me too bro,I feel ya bro

[@progressx2880]

It is about sustainable numbers

[@amberslahlize7961]

I'm not even worried.

[@martinazajackova6170]

Exactly, it's sooo bad

[@victorc9987]

Same

[@luyumi9568]

My brother works in a project called "Pecuária Verde" which basically brings science into agrobusiness. They teach cattle farmers how to be productive and at the same time obey the laws and respect the invironment. It is awesome, but the problem is that those scientist are at great risk as the farmers there are basically the law and many of them don't like sustentabity.

[@JesusChrist-hf2xk]

I think it’s about time for me to come back to earth.

[@sm3675]

Hi.

[@hybrid7592]

and quick

[@kartikpoojari22]

No don't because you are a middle eastern guy and Americans will declare you as a terrorist and they will hunt you down even though they believe you as son of God confusing right? Try it and observe yourself

[@afsanarahman3199]

I wanna slap those who use God as an excuse for their selfish and wrong deeds

[@Meow-gp5nk]

Listen racist; God put the forest there for brown people to exploit and profit!

[@onedeathbyflame]

God isn't an "excuse" it's the motivator, it's the cancer of free and critical thought. It poisons everything

[@mauricioibarra701]

You'd be slapping people for the rest of your life.

[@fredesch3158]

@@Meow-gp5nk what?

[@TheChickenRiceBowl]

@@onedeathbyflame Exactly. Thank you, I didn't feel like explaining.

[@tantofaz9194]

The Amazon is from Brazil, but this does not give us the right to deforest as you please.

[@MustacheCashStash125]

Amazon rainforest : Exists Brazilian farmers : It’s free real estate

[@arthursantos01020]

Plant trees in the us

[@crux4018]

When i watch vox sometimes it throws me into an existential crisis

[@godzzilacarioca8580]

This music Is the cause

[@cereszin]

We got that every day in Brazil

[@janwszoek1578]

@@nill5217 don't worry dude ur right and on global warming Russians will earn but wait ain't now much snow in Europe and USA?

[@BulletsAndBloomers]

Yeah, that's actually what it's for. It's manufactured fear. A method of control.

[@Munchausenification]

@empbac It is very hard to believe you when climate predictions have been wrong since its beginning. Always spelling doom and suffering while the opposite has been true until now. This video even shows how around 40 years of news media talking about the destruction of the rain forest. Of course no one is going to react quickly because they have heard the same message a 1000 times now...

[@enderlynxwilloze7935]

Sad quote When anything made by humans I’d destroyed, it is called vandalism When anything made by nature is destroyed, it’s called progress 😔

[@therealblackqueen1654]

Realest ish EVER!!!!

[@mina829ag]

I thought you were gonna say capitalism it rhymes too

[@stewartlittle2837]

Enderlynx Willoze so so sad

[@joanam3070]

Absolutely right, unless it is cultural and beautiful ancient buildings like in Irak too. They have more respect for capitalist shops and racist monuments than Nature, people and places that serve for people to unite and, at least, honor their culture. It's sad. This rich people have to be held accountable for their crimes

[@enderlynxwilloze7935]

@Stijn van de Ven I mainly meant the North American forests because americas forest are being eaten up by the ever expanding human population

[@krithikkumar959]

Fun fact: even this very second Amazon is burning

[@clebersonluisdealmeida2635]

I know you're worried about the Amazon 😂😂😂😂😂 funny is it that in Europe or America there is no longer native vegetation then it's easy to accuse oh Brazil 🇧🇷 of being the villain of the environment 😡🤬

[@cemoDersim62]

There is no environment in Europe or USA which is so essential for our world like the Amazon Rainforest. Some people refer to it as "the green lung of our planet" and that's why it's important to preserve it. You as a person from Brazil should be thankful for all the economic help your country has received because of European or American fundraising. And no one said that all people from Brazil are to blame. It's the brazilian politicians and farmers fault and not Brazil as a whole country.

[@zenmastakilla]

You aren't human.

[@Brwigames]

@@cemoDersim62 Exactly, there is no enviroment there cuz y'all burned it down already. If the UK had the amazon for instance, no doubt it wouldn't exist anymore

[@cemoDersim62]

@@Brwigames I highly doubt that a European country would or even could do that.

[@Brwigames]

@@cemoDersim62 My point is, the Europeans and Amerixans already destroyed their own forests throughout history, and Brazil is one of the only ones that continuously preserved it, and now y'all are mad..

[@Aayush12211]

All the problems in the world have the same root cause, human greed.

[@ffccardoso]

aGREED. but deforestation isn't a problem! I bet you don't live in a forest! I dare you to live in Amazon!!

[@skysthelimitvideos]

Also human indifference and human hatred.

[@skysthelimitvideos]

Felipe Ferreira Dude what? Deforestation isn’t a problem? If the Amazon is destroyed the Earth is destroyed (by climate change and lack of oxygen) all for one country’s economy. If you can’t live in the Amazon without destroying it go live somewhere else.

[@etxsports5836]

Hence we'll see more protests worldwide, not just Hong Kong, Chile, France,Iran,Venezuela,Argentina, El Salvador etc, etc corruption taxes,fees,fines, injustices

[@grimsonforce7504]

Humans in general.

[@digitalxolive]

this looks like the real life version of the Lorax

[@Celereek]

Most likely

[@hakureikirisame1173]

This is.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

Yes I agree. The original lorax shows that the people who are taking part in this "tree cutting campaign that shouldn't happen" could be anyone. Their faces are not shown

[@ichangedmyself4362]

ah yes, reality.....

[@thenextarthas7925]

I thought the movie was bad. But the real life version of it is even worse. It's like an annoying joke but not funny .

[@azizulhaque9144]

Tysm I really needed this video

[@laralula3353]

Another problem with the Amazon is the investments of other countries, the Amazon has a lot of precious stones, water and a great biodiversity (as one of the main materials to make Channel N°. 5 was a leaf that was highly explored. The chance of this financial aid in favor of biodiversity being a mask for financial interests in the future for exploration are great, even more in relation to the water that will end one day. There are other areas in Brasil and other countries with unique biomes and also a lot of biodiversity, but these countries do not appear to link with the loss of other forests and animals, but they care about the one that have gold and a lot of water, this is really weird and suspect.The Amazon must be preserved and the local economy should be supported by ecotourism with a lot of supervision. Nobody in that history is the good guy!!

[@wesleymelis1725]

Well reminded. There are no innocents in this tragedy.

[@itsendoftime7973]

Am i the only one feeling great anxiety seeing those trees burning and stretches of deforested land.

[@ShishiSonson]

Yes.

[@ellenacrystal5108]

No

[@itsendoftime7973]

@@mygamepage5719 yes though i know i have no right to judge others when my own country is not doing much in this regards and also brazilian have first right on their natural resource any other country would have done that.

[@antonioklaic4839]

@@mygamepage5719 dewtroying the Amazon won't make Brazil rich. Why not focus their economy on something more profitable than cattle?

[@dresdi]

You know you're not - which is why you made this comment

[@shybutopinionated1428]

10:38 “God knows what he does” well apparently human don’t.

[@Gryphon133]

@Горан Цеста I understand your point, but you have to realize that amazonas is the poorest state in Brazil, some of them live with less than a dollar per day. It's not about greed, it's survival.

[@kamikaze6092]

A "colonização" para não dizer exploração de vocês já acabaram a 200 anos, e agora nós deixem em paz

[@Christakxst]

Você é muito provavelmente um filho daqueles exploradores.

[@suranjandas4993]

If Amazon is destroyed , the worst effect has to be faced by people of other countries not Brazilians

[@gabello1656]

Amazônia é do Brasil !! e pronto

[@gabrielgoncalves182]

@@gabello1656 n seja mesquinho. A Amazonia abrange outros países da América latina e influência outros países também.

[@kalm6778]

@@gabrielgoncalves182 Também sentimos o mesmo que não queremos ser levados e perdão por Evo que iniciou o incêndio na Amazônia

[@gabrielgoncalves182]

@@kalm6778 não entendi, vocês também sentem que a Amazonia é só do Brasil?

[@kalm6778]

@@gabrielgoncalves182Ele é do Brasil, da Colômbia, Peru, Bolívia e etc da maioria dos latino-americanos, considerados brasileiros como irmãos e considero que a soberania brasileira deve ser respeitada, fato extra : O fogo começou Evo ditador da Bolívia amigo de Lula

[@indiegenre9333]

Meanwhile people in United States are eating steaks and driving 4L engines.

[@epicjay5495]

Copied

[@teseofabbri1812]

How dare they

[@lgbtqiarights]

INDIE GENRE nice steaks though

[@epicjay5495]

Copied

[@Duran420]

What does the United states have to do with Brazil

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

We are gonna need another "20 million trees campaign" again

[@dylanthemuncee8832]

NorthernStal The famously unknown penguin like 50 more tbh

[@Hdogss]

Times one hundred that’s how many trees are in the Amazon rainforest

[@cadmiumbop]

@@Hdogss Your number multiplied by 2 is how many trees we need roughly (400 billion)

[@marinaisabelatoplyn7083]

The "8 Billion Trees" company!

[@jamesbond-pi7og]

Contact mr beast lol

[@Isabellakamu]

Sooo i'm from Brazil, and i'm really proud how people are wanting to help

[@rodrigoarenas2230]

The last time I flew over the Amazon (January 2020), I counted over 150 fires before I stopped counting, but I continued to see more. I thought 150 fires was already an outrage, but to know that up to 30,000 fires were burning below and around me further than my eye could see killed me inside. It makes me so angry that greedy men enjoy impunity in destroying such a beautiful and priceless ecosystem.

[@danielasterling6936]

HAY QUE POBLAR LA PATAGONIA BRASILEROS BIENVENIDOS

[@emilianoandrade7946]

The Lorax Should Talk to them he speaks for the trees.

[@plapin3538]

The Lorax is just a bleeding heart eco-nut hippy.

[@sciolist3109]

I dont think these ruralista scoundrels understand that the only reason the farms have decent soil and land is because of the moisture and groundwater that rains due to the vast amount of trees that transpire water. Once those trees are gone, there will be no more rain, thus no more crops and profit, thus making the entire ruralista movement a scientifically proven lose-lose situation. Read this and educate others. The ruralista movement is devoid of any reasoning and logic and will be irreversible. The government of Brazil must educate it's people that once those trees are gone, all the prolific farmland and farming industry will go with it. The. entire Amazon forest will become a desert due to lack of the vast quantities of transpired water.

[@sandpaperman8744]

perc ye

[@RegallIaBetterThanYou]

And if they don’t listen he’ll break their knees

[@legen_dharyll]

Sad twist: they already killed the Lorax.

[@leanzadoodles5354]

That last man’s comment is so selfish and greedy, wow 😢

[@MegaNiQ]

People don’t know the amazon is overgrowth. There used to be an estimated 50 million people’s living in what is now known as the amazon. Lidar in the amazons is showing massive structures, city squares and walls that had been built.

[@charliehennessy8373]

okay boomer

[@timothyavendt677]

@Keksjsjsj Sjsjsjsjskksdj He is right, that last comment is selfish. Thier are *10's* of *thousands* of species of plants, animals, bugs and trees that are destroyed a year in the brazil. Who is he to say it's ok? Who are any of you to say it's ok? No other forest compares to it.

[@jamesharris7003]

@Keksjsjsj Sjsjsjsjskksdj Troll Alert folks! Stay clear...

[@jfsaine]

Animal agriculture is the problem. If you eat animals, you are his clients, and the culprit.

[@TheGreatKingPie]

Using religion as an excuse to decimate the most diverse ecosystem on Earth as if it gives us that privilege. This is exactly why Humans are both amazing and a laughing stock at the same time.

[@winiciuslima7924]

The farmer interviewed in the video is the greatest example that scientific denial is really dangerous and worrisome.

[@DrandelSheep]

0:13 "Trees are falling at a startling rate..." 0:52 "The annual destruction rate of the amazon rainforest has dropped...." 1:16 "THE AMAZON IS BURNING" Well, that took a great turn.

[@Hdogss]

eric yu it won’t be great when your breathing carbon dioxide

[@USSFFRU]

B Man he was sarcastic... He was talking about how it was just talking about how the destruction of the amazon decreased as soon the amazon is burning

[@Vociferous]

It's sad the Amazon was burnt for someones interests and convenience

[@silverspadelord]

Exactly, we won’t realize what we have until it’s gone

[@ffccardoso]

Amazon isn't burning. This is fakenews! I'm from here... This is a RAINforest... doesn't really sustain big burns...

[@_ikako_]

@@ffccardoso yeah, nah.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

*Good. Who cares about the animals money is more important!

[@tukangpempek5390]

@@ffccardoso rainforest doesn't mean it's always raining there Didn't you go to school?

[@piescestv4195]

My heart is braking when i watch this, save our environment this is all we have

[@Arnaldo_EUW]

the last 4 words he said is "Ela toda no chao" which translates to "All of it on the ground" saying that he wishes that literally the whole amazon is put down and transformed into farms

[@guilhermecastilhos3885]

As a Brazilian, I say we need a version of this video in portuguese ASAP! The data here is so clear and presented in a simple graphical way that facilitates comprehension. This info is so relevant, and yet it's not widespread throughout Brazilian countryside, who don't speak english at all. Lack of education among our people has always been the problem we should be tackling.

[@aviationwithmooka4056]

Exactly

[@someguy2135]

If Vox won't record a Potuguese audio version, maybe someone else will. Captions are availabe in Portuguese.

[@tiagorossetto7344]

As a Brazilian, I know that hypocrisy, mainly foreign, will not solve the problem of deforestation. It can be in Portuguese, English, Chinese or Tupi Guarani, while all the countries in the world (mainly the rich ones that destroyed their forests) do not assume the responsibility for paying the maintenance of the forest to Brazil, there will be no preservation. You, who must live in a deforested place) tell a resident of the Amazon that he cannot cut a tree to support his family... At the very least, they will say things that you would not want to hear.

[@amanthind4591]

“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can't eat money.”

[@Kartushka69]

@Pro-White Advocate, End Black Privilege India can barely afford to feed It's citizens, It would very difficult to them to watch for the enviroment

[@BulletsAndBloomers]

Another ignoramus saying the same quote. Have you ever had an original thought?

[@susanbrown2909]

Fip Dibwibbler it tell s you all you need to know though.

[@ShishiSonson]

@@Kartushka69 Then they can pollute the world.

[@BulletsAndBloomers]

@@susanbrown2909 Not. Even. Close.

[@masterpenguin8472]

I swear, if this carries on any further, there WON'T be much of a rainforest left, I'm telling you NOW!

[@Luc-1991]

the real problem is the soybean oil, not the soybean meal that they feed to livestock. soybean meal is just a waste product of soybean oil production.

[@violetmisfits6122]

We really are just a bunch of parasites on this planet.

[@NoName-de1fn]

Humans are two-legged rats.

[@chalkfourtyfive]

*Laughs in Cockroach*

[@lynn.chaaaa]

@@chalkfourtyfive useful parasites** unlike us

[@taintedtaylor2586]

We aren't parasites, we are a product of this world, we have the power to change the world into something amazing. Ignorance and Greed, on the other hand, is the real driving force behind these things.

[@nhio4493]

Did you just call me a parasite?

[@andreatxh_]

"If it is being destroyed, if that's people's goal, it should be destroyed." such a no1 careless and heartless person

[@robloxunspacecommand1935]

time stamp?

[@perobusmaximus]

8:52 anyway, 20 million poor people living in these areas, plus farcs. 360 thousand cannabis plants were destroyed between belem and sao luis, two weeks ago. Try to interview aboriginal kids that historically migrate from amazon to big cities to have better lives

[@QuinnGriffithIsTheBest]

10:35

[@nuckinfuts7610]

12:34 "Greed and stupidity will end humanity sooner than we expect."

[@perobusmaximus]

@@QuinnGriffithIsTheBest vox: many people think like this Video: one person is interviewed.

[@fatcat1840]

Consumed by "fire". Consumed by man's GREED.

[@ceciliabell2183]

Everyone is saying how the kids of the future will be like “so your telling me the Amazon dessert used to be a rain forest?!” But the sad truth is they’ll probably be like “what’s a rain forest?”

[@venusbansal]

And we think humans are most intelligent species on earth.

[@evanpatterson432]

We are... that’s not the issue though. We are also the most destructive species

[@thatpix6495]

We are the smartest, but we are the most destructive

[@flatmarssociety4614]

We INvEntED InTeLLiGencE

[@dimly2002]

with great knowledge comes capabilities,capabilities can bring evil

[@finjaquetemumnomeaqui4838]

With great power comes great responsibility. Humanity is the most powerful species, but also the most irresponsible.

[@HahtaanDaetori]

The image of animals burning alive is horrifying

[@TheMrExemplar]

The reporter "DeSTruCtIOn!" Amazon "here we go again"

[@diulyneiva3711]

It's so hard to live in Brasil, nothing works here, such a shame, disgusting!

[@sebastiansaik1656]

“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.” “It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become

[@lamaripiazza5226]

Yes

[@rickDArula]

Earth will eventually shake us off like fleas- George Carlin

[@scinary7052]

Apparently someone is wrong then

[@koilamaoh4238]

@@scinary7052 Eventually means soon or later :) Earth will always exist but the environment wont be livable for us tho :) Theres plenty of planets in space that are not suitable for us, just as earth once we make it deadly. Thus no magical god will save these silly fleas..

[@bleh6232]

At this point we are shaking ourselves off by going to mars

[@horrorpill]

True. What makes us think that Earth doesn't have a way to "cleanse" itself.

[@matejsteinhauser3974]

If I was earth, I send them Mothership UFO behavior HP Supercells with large hail and many tornadoes to people who are destroying amazon and bolsonaro with them.

[@raulzilla]

It's funny the video showing so much Marina Silva. She was back then and now the ministry of environment and there's an investigation on her family doing illegal wood trade in amazon.

[@ferafera20]

People think population growth doesn't come with these types of problems 🤦‍♂️

[@VeroSim]

“god knows what he’s doing” yes he does but those humans dont

[@srreal4821]

I cant believe they're using God as an excuse. When in reality they are covering for their GREEDY, SELFISH, CARELESS faces. So ironic and immature. Human = We destroy and say God will take care of it. 0 accountability. I wanna punch them in the face.

[@datitingammez]

God doesn’t exist tho

[@srreal4821]

@@datitingammez Says who? Says the one who hasnt taken the time to know and study God. Quit being ignorant. If you havent read the Bible and studied it. You have no right to criticize or judge or make blanket statements.

[@sdfkjgh]

SR Real: Just playing devil's advocate, but can you provide any proof not from any religious texts of existence of a deity? Victor Garcia absolutely has just as much right to criticize, judge, and make blanket statements as you do.

[@Silver-xd1ge]

Vero Sim there is no god. This is living proof

[@totorishop]

I’m scared. Really scared.

[@bennet615]

I certainly don,t aana give a tax for oxygen after I pass my collage man

[@appleberrypie5078]

gon araseon tf

[@EoDantez]

its ok...

[@xerynredito]

@@EoDantez please don't lie to us and say that. you know it's not ok. we're slowly going to the extinction of everything but EVERYONE is so BLIND to see anything. we destroyed everything that was progressing just because "we need more resources". think again when you say something like that. you think it's ok because its not affecting you, when it really is. stop lying. nothing will be ok ever again.

[@PaulWitzelNarratives]

Gail Redito pop

[@kivouhsdelinski5311]

Basically, 1.) Preserve the forest by declaring more protected AREAS , 2.) improve productivity in the the ranches and the already existing fields and farms 3.)promote sustainable use of the forest( that too restricted)

[@luceliorodrigues7504]

Why shoud sustainable use be restricted

[@tomarrowsmith8685]

I can't stand the madness of that farmer's comments! Why are some people so narrow minded and focussed only on short-term profit? If the forest goes, you won't have a farm, you'll have a dessert - good job.

[@irvantriarts635]

Deforestation in Indonesia is also at a staggering and heartbreaking rate. Forest fire happens every year, putting millions of South-East Asian people's health in danger.

[@alexandrub8786]

On which islands? Papua?

[@user_cv8wysmstt]

Mainly on Sumatra and Kalimantan, other islands as well

[@alexandrub8786]

@@user_cv8wysmstt thanks.

[@lynn.chaaaa]

@@alexandrub8786 borneo to be exact

[@abdurrahmanf.a.5624]

with same reason as Brazil deforestation, just here they will use it for palm oil. And like meat, everyone use palm oil.

[@Coolers1993]

I really wish Amazon, with all its money and resource, would make a big effort to save the actual Amazon!!

[@scinary7052]

that would be some killer PR material, but Amazon runs on really low profit margins so their stock holders would never allow it.

[@Beautifulcoil]

@@scinary7052 lol amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world.

[@ignaciorosales6040]

@@Beautifulcoil it's true Amazon have little margins but huge volume..

[@onetwo9978]

what can the company Amazon do if the government itself don't listen?

[@mangodzeri6613]

his owner is a satanist who wants ordinary people dead, therefore, nothing from your wish

[@MarcosYuryDieper]

I'm brazilian and that's totally true. Our government has destroyed the Amazon more than ever... At least I'm not one who voted for such negligent kind of government.

[@mateusdesousav.8277]

Olhe o desmatamento da Amazônia entre 2008 e 2013....

[@kalm6778]

@@mateusdesousav.8277 O fogo começou na Bolívia com Evo no poder alguém muito aliado a Lula

[@richamishra9023]

amazing documentry ...it inspired me to plant more trees. great job vox i feel proud that in india now we have a prime minister who knows how balance environment and development.

[@wynstondannerman605]

Let's see how the ranchers and farmers sustain their business without fresh water, as soon as the Amazon can't cycle water through the forest anymore.

[@roberthollandsworth1809]

Google Earth is a depressing resource of information concerning this topic.

[@idromano]

I guess the smartest ones will retire their way out of this, that's why they're not scared. To you think that farmer on the vid will live long enough to see this?

[@perobusmaximus]

We have to filter oceans water

[@wynstondannerman605]

@@perobusmaximus Yes, we need to because nature can no longer sustain so many greedy humans. Destroying the Rainforest will only make things harder in the long run.

[@francestod.tandocjr4092]

They're prepared and informed about the long-terms profits. If not they won't waste their limited funding.

[@onedev7953]

“Once It Is Gone, It Will Be Gone Forever”

[@VolimRabar1007]

Just like the USA and other europe florest We all know what you americans want you dont want the good for amazon you want the goods of amazon

[@____-zv7gy]

@@VolimRabar1007 idk why but are you ok

[@piadas804]

@@VolimRabar1007 oloco nego Ney aqui?

[@davidanalyst671]

said the wooly mammoth

[@TheStryderPrime]

Thats the real true, we are destroying and losing a lot of Animal species !

[@matthewjuhasz4317]

Some statistics say my country is the fastest warming country in Europe caused by global warming. It's sad to say that even though I'm only 18 years old, I remember long and cold winters with lots of snow, building snowmen every year. This winter, we had like 2-2.5 weeks of only light snowing. I'm heartbroken that my children might have to travel abroad just to see snow for the first time in their lives.

[@uniaodemocraticaruralista2924]

Which country?

[@Biospark88]

The destruction of the rainforest was the first environmental issue I ever learned about, when I was about 6. It made me angry even at that age not only because of what its consequences would be, but because deep down I knew I or anyone else was powerless to stop it.

[@g.araujo1043]

This is called "brainwashing".

[@danielasterling6936]

​@@g.araujo1043 CHILE ARGENTINA HOCKEY HIELO

[@olharebelde]

They forgot to put the Farmers ending statement "I would like to see her (The forest) all in the ground". Harsh

[@celinak5062]

+

[@marteenyo]

literally a psychopath

[@cyruslagranda9717]

@@marteenyo Actually just plain greed. Question is "why" does the he want the forest gone? So he can expand his farmland and make more money! He only sees $$$ growing on that land.

[@starism1]

"This desert was once worlds biggest rainforest" -Class 2040 Edit: I didn't know how to type desert at the time i commented this, otherwise, desserts are tasty

[@dbb_roblox5988]

Dude that's extremely depressing.

[@piadas804]

I think in 2040 it will be semi arid. Only desert in 2060.

[@hannamontuno]

Just like what happened to Sahara. It was once a fertile area :(

[@lai8631]

that will never happen

[@atlas_1802]

mm.. I love dessert. but how can a dessert be a rainforest? (I’m joking)

[@natanluisp]

Esses Países desenvolvidos como já desmataram praticamente quase todas as suas florestas agora querem tomar conta de outros.

[@brasilianismo8810]

course.

[@eumermo5739]

Profundo

[@hq5657]

nao cara. se a amazonia morrer, ela nao vai voltar, a temperatura mundial vai subir em cerca 2 - 3C que ja e suficiente pros gelos nas calotas polares derreterem e etc temos que salvar The Amazon Rain Forest

[@andreasala4305]

You are not a clever person. The main problem of Brazil is that you are too many, that's the reason why you are poor as well. If you would mate less, you could be less in number and live better as well. Than in Europe and North America has never been a place with such high biodiversity and the deforestation in developed countries is sounstainable, because trees are replaced, while in Brazil this doesen't happen. By the way if carbon dioxine don't not drop will be not future for anyone and will be not time for development, neither for yours and other countries

[@natanluisp]

@@andreasala4305 Portuguese please... I dont very read in english.

[@yourdudevini7407]

This is so depressing, as a Brazilian, I feel deeply ashamed of this situation and how we are currently viewed by the international community

[@Joao-Henrique]

Fds a comunidade internacional, deveríamos fazer o máximo para preservar, pq realmente é importante, e n para agradar ninguém, ajuda é bem vinda, mas eles querem nos deixar como vilões, ficam inventando coisas, isso é um tipo de estratégia q ja foi usada em guerras, para q eles fiquem com a razão.

[@great_channel]

@@Joao-Henrique ignorante

[@jackmcslay]

Só olha para 2:11 para ver a mentira! Eles colocam como se a Amazônia só existisse no Brasil, e ainda por cima alteraram a cor de todo o resto do Brasil para fazer parecer um deserto

[@aklsamaan7622]

Don't be! Personally I only blame the fckin ignorant president. Like your president is the worst PLS REPLACE HIM😫

[@laxynticu5313]

@@aklsamaan7622 bruh hes not bad it was the other presidents we are doing projects

[@mischabe3]

Greed and ignorance will eventually decimate the life on earth.

[@bendover2684]

Humanity will flourish

[@nzuckman]

@Sachie Reid What do you mean "eventually"? It's already happening.

[@rodmunduruca2587]

Ok so here’s the deal, I’m a Brazilian and fires like this happen every year even worse sometimes. But this new government is the first to really start stamping out corruption, so they are trying to make the new government look bad in any way possible so that is why this is actually happening.

[@NKDpiano]

Good. Life is overestimated anyway. Support climate change.

[@Weaselm0de]

We are already doomed ;-;

[@shivi9799]

Rich people: “who cares if it benefits us”

[@NoName-de1fn]

All people: I don't care if I'm not directly affected.

[@lexluthor4156]

When we are talking global terms,it's more like : "You people better stay poor because...You know~I just feel like a sedan is so claustrophobic~I mean~O.M.G!~"

[@HostileLemons]

@@lexluthor4156 no

[@meginna8354]

if you eat beef then you're causing this as well

[@huntergatherer8972]

@@meginna8354 I eat beef and it comes from exclusively grass fed British and Irish farms, so no, I'm not contributing to this.

[@user-uw9wp7ji9p]

President : burns forest Air gets toxic President : suprised pikachu

[@leothedog979]

I hate looking at this it’s a sad truth

[@toyotaprius79]

When are we going to see clearly the evil and ignorance that excuses itself for the sole reason profit.

[@somatia350]

...

[@strider029]

What do you expect? It's Brazil.

[@-Argem-]

@@nill5217 ...

[@AkiraAlexisSoyra]

As soon as people like Pres Dump stop existing, the trash don’t even believe in climate change...

[@solar3013]

@@strider029, I bet you can't say that statement without being hypocritical. Unless you are using no electricity, living in the rainforest, growing your own food, and planting trees, you don't have the right to blame any country without blaming yourself at the same time.

[@Hdogss]

“We are the virus and earth is the victim.”

[@nietzschesghost8529]

Not "we." A select group of conservative politicians and billionaires who profit off of the destruction of the rainforest.

[@Himerosteam]

And now the earth created a virus to wipe us out

[@macaple1992]

Himerosteam and the virus is the earth’s immune system

[@sanskaarkulkarni1036]

Laughs in COVid 19

[@somerandomguy7458]

The earths biosphere is suffering. The great planet below us isn’t affected even at the slightest

[@jonjohnson9061]

People keep saying we're getting to the point of no return when in actuality we are already so far past it...

[@keagaming9837]

Yet again, the greed of people wanting profit will destroy something. In this case, the people who want more farms to make more money will destroy the Amazon rainforest.

[@benlang1678]

A lot of people: “Why isn’t the government doing anything?!” Well now we know they are doing something; the government is aiding the deforestation effort

[@legen_dharyll]

I wonder how much the big companies are paying these disgusting pieces of human beings.

[@jacknguyen7004]

Only because you want beef

[@jjia6304]

Well the people voted these politicians....

[@emilio-es1jy]

@@jjia6304 yeah just like Trump in the US , he's a right wing extremist Greetings from Brazil

[@navarro8785]

the government actually is investigating a group that set fire to the amazon, there have been various operations with water planes in the amazon so yes the government is doing something about it