The current drought situation in the Amazon, which has taken on a new level of severity this year, is influenced by two exceptional climatic conditions: the abnormally high temperature of the North Atlantic waters and the presence of the El Niño phenomenon. Despite these remarkable climatic conditions, however, the human footprint of this environmental tragedy is also visible.
The rapid progression of this drought and its intensity highlight the need for urgent response actions and support measures to tackle this crisis. In this sense, the protection of the Amazon rainforest is not only vital for biodiversity and the well-being of local communities, but also plays a key role in the stability of the local and regional climate, as well as the survival of agribusiness and global food security.
The part of agribusiness that supports an anti-environmental agenda is testing the capacity and limits of nature itself and could end up being directly affected by transformations that impact agriculture and food security not only in Brazil, but around the world.
