September 5: Amazon Day
The Amazon Day was established by the federal law n° 11.621 of 2007, and has been “celebrated” since 2008, on September 5th, as it coincides with the creation of the Province of Amazonas in 1850 by D. Pedro II. Therefore, the true meaning of remembering this day is to raise awareness to the preservation of the Amazon biome.
In addition to its importance in the global climate balance, especially when we understand the importance of flying rivers in this process, the largest biome in Brazil also contains the greatest biodiversity on the planet, with a great wealth of fauna and flora, and also many unidentified species. The tropical rainforest contains more than 40 thousand species of plants, and a significant diversity of fauna, being these, mammals, insects, birds, amphibians, reptiles, with a complex food web, developing in this way another balance, the ecological one.
Therefore, when we think about the Amazon biome, and, in its preservation, we must also remember the traditional peoples that inhabit this region, and their important role so that the destruction of this area does not advance even further and change an entire ecosystem and the processes that are part of a global climate and environmental balance, which directly affect the lives of living beings on our planet.
In this way, the more than 180 indigenous peoples are crucial for the existence of a protected and conserved environment. This protection in Indigenous Lands is remarkable, but it does not mean that protecting the biome means protecting the lives of those who defend it, in many cases to keep an ecosystem as great and important as this one alive, many have to die or have their lives constantly threatened, as well as the existence of their people.
Therefore, the Amazon Day is clearly a very important symbolism in the fight for the preservation of the rainforest, but it is worth noting that the Amazon does not stop being destroyed on this day, nor on the others, and deforestation, forest fires, and natural resources exploitation have been growing too much, risking not only the species of fauna and flora of the biome, but all of humanity. May we remember the Amazon every day, and may our ancestral struggle also be preserved for the future and protected now.
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Text: Rayane Xipaya
