Post by amyhiggins on Oct 23, 2005 0:32:46 GMT
Hi, Pina. I'm glad you liked the photos. Unfortunately, the Brazilian Amazon has been suffering with the effects of global warning.
THE ARTICLE - www.breakingnewsenglish.com
"Drought has dried up huge tracts of the Amazon basin, threatening the lives and livelihoods of thousands of the region’s inhabitants. Many of the Amazon River’s tributaries have turned into dusty roads and parched riverbeds have left 30,000 people in dire need of food, water and medicine. Thousands of families rely on fishing for food and revenue, but the once plentiful waterways have turned into an arid landscape that has destroyed many fish stocks and contaminated what little water there is. The size of the stricken area has exacerbated the crisis for relief workers attempting to deliver drinking water to the area. The drought has also decimated the region’s livestock. It is reported that about 20 percent of the 1.3 million cattle in the state of Amazonas have died of thirst.
In some areas the water level has dropped from 11 meters to just 1.5 meters, which means emergency relief to the worst affected areas cannot not be ferried in by boat. Entire towns and communities along the world’s longest river depend on its waterways to receive supplies. One anxious resident expressed his concern, saying: “This is worrisome, because the rivers are our roads.” The Brazilian military has been working overtime in distributing supplies and medicine to communities left stranded by the drop in water levels. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has blamed loggers, deforestation and global warming for the drought. The Brazilian government’s meteorologists dispute this and explained warmer ocean temperatures have caused the lack of rain."
"Let Love and Light and Power restore the Plan on Earth."
Have a lovely weekend Pina.
Love. Amy
THE ARTICLE - www.breakingnewsenglish.com
"Drought has dried up huge tracts of the Amazon basin, threatening the lives and livelihoods of thousands of the region’s inhabitants. Many of the Amazon River’s tributaries have turned into dusty roads and parched riverbeds have left 30,000 people in dire need of food, water and medicine. Thousands of families rely on fishing for food and revenue, but the once plentiful waterways have turned into an arid landscape that has destroyed many fish stocks and contaminated what little water there is. The size of the stricken area has exacerbated the crisis for relief workers attempting to deliver drinking water to the area. The drought has also decimated the region’s livestock. It is reported that about 20 percent of the 1.3 million cattle in the state of Amazonas have died of thirst.
In some areas the water level has dropped from 11 meters to just 1.5 meters, which means emergency relief to the worst affected areas cannot not be ferried in by boat. Entire towns and communities along the world’s longest river depend on its waterways to receive supplies. One anxious resident expressed his concern, saying: “This is worrisome, because the rivers are our roads.” The Brazilian military has been working overtime in distributing supplies and medicine to communities left stranded by the drop in water levels. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has blamed loggers, deforestation and global warming for the drought. The Brazilian government’s meteorologists dispute this and explained warmer ocean temperatures have caused the lack of rain."
"Let Love and Light and Power restore the Plan on Earth."
Have a lovely weekend Pina.
Love. Amy
wow...what a beautiful place!