Juventus Star Cristiano joins call for action on Amazon Forest inferno

Portugal and Juventus attacker, Cristiano Ronaldo is lending his voice to the global campaign; on social media, for a course of action on the three-week old inferno in the Amazon Rain Forest.

The Amazon forest produces about 20% of the world’s oxygen, and is often called “the planet’s lungs”, but the fire which has engulfed a vast area.

Per the UNO’s World Meteorological Organization, the smoke from the blaze is reaching the Atlantic coast and São Paulo.

From the other side of Earth, here’s the latest on the Amazonia fires

Produced by @CopernicusEU’s atmosphere monitoring service, it shows the smoke reaching the Atlantic coast and São Paulo

DATA HEREhttps://t.co/Q6qzFdPfIT pic.twitter.com/aJKU2YwRpJ

— WMO | OMM (@WMO) August 20, 2019

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/22/americas/amazon-fires-humans-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html

In his tweet on Thursday Cristiano Ronaldo insists on an action plan to “save out planet.”

: The Amazon Rainforest produces more than 20% of the world’s oxygen and its been burning for the past 3 weeks. It’s our responsibility to help to save our planet. #prayforamazonia

The Amazon Rainforest produces more than 20% of the world’s oxygen and its been burning for the past 3 weeks. It’s our responsibility to help to save our planet. #prayforamazonia pic.twitter.com/83bNL5a37Q

— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) August 22, 2019

According to the World Wildlife Fund, if it is irrevocably damaged, it (Amazon) could start emitting carbon instead — the major driver of climate change.

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