ENVIRONMENTAL BLINDNESS { 30 images } Created 18 Feb 2020
Between 1960 and 1980, when Brazil was governed by a military dictatorship, the Amazon Rainforest was a symbol of backwardness.
Many efforts were made by dictatorial presidents to clear the forest and occupy that vastness during an era called by them as "The Brazilian Miracle".
Our past generations were affected by a kind of environmental blindness. Millions of square miles of the richiest bioma on planet were annihilated to give place for pasture, plantation and mining.
Although the nature conservation is a today's imperative term, and science has reached great production techniques, the habits from our past are still predominant.
With the rampage of the right-wing extremists, the political message has spread the confidence to keep burning and exploring the forest.
Less than a year after the presidential election, oficial data confirm the enourmous increase on deforestation. In 2019 July, the Brazilian Amazon deforestation has increased by 278% when compared to the same period of 2018.
Despite the fact that our contemporary society has found the cure for the environmental blindness, it seems that Brazilians have been blindfolded, and are still walking on a land of darkness.
Many efforts were made by dictatorial presidents to clear the forest and occupy that vastness during an era called by them as "The Brazilian Miracle".
Our past generations were affected by a kind of environmental blindness. Millions of square miles of the richiest bioma on planet were annihilated to give place for pasture, plantation and mining.
Although the nature conservation is a today's imperative term, and science has reached great production techniques, the habits from our past are still predominant.
With the rampage of the right-wing extremists, the political message has spread the confidence to keep burning and exploring the forest.
Less than a year after the presidential election, oficial data confirm the enourmous increase on deforestation. In 2019 July, the Brazilian Amazon deforestation has increased by 278% when compared to the same period of 2018.
Despite the fact that our contemporary society has found the cure for the environmental blindness, it seems that Brazilians have been blindfolded, and are still walking on a land of darkness.
