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Besides this, there are reports from serious agencies (NASA is one of them) stating that what is happening on Amazon is on par with what has been happening at least in the previous 15 years (I think that's how far their data goes). [1]

I am lead to believe that all the media attention in this past week to the problem, is a mix of political staging and sensacionalism. If it was really due to environmental concerns, the same responses we are seeing now, would have already happened many years ago under Lula and Dilma governments, given that the scale of the problem is the same.

[1] https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/fires-in-bra...

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The report that you've cited is more than 10 days old which is like an eternity for a spreading wildfire. Here is a more recent report from the same source [1], published on Aug 19th. Here is the relevant part:

>At this point in the fire season, MODIS active fire detections in 2019 are higher across the Brazilian Amazon than in any year since 2010. The state of Amazonas is on track for record fire activity in 2019.

[1] https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145498/uptick-in-am...

When would be an appropriate time for people to become aware of the problem and start caring? I don't see how the motivation matters. The problem is real even if most people weren't aware of it until now.

My point is that, at least other governments, were aware of it for a long time. In my opinion they are only raising the concern now for political gain (at least in cases like Macron).

But I agree, let's do it now, it really needs to be done as soon as possible, but, it can't depend its continuation and the countries it gets applied to, on whatever political wing is in power there.

The action needs to be global, with clear rules, and applied on every case, no exceptions.

> When would be an appropriate time for people to become aware of the problem and start caring?

Now is as good a time as any. What doesn't help the discussion is making it about the current administration when this is a problem that spans multiple administrations on both ends of the political spectrum.

It's the same for policies that span the Trump and Obama administrations (and probably the W Bush and Clinton administrations too).

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