WEBVTT 00:00:04.380 --> 00:00:06.617 Do you have heard about Day of Fire? 00:00:06.720 --> 00:00:12.480 It's the day the deforestators go around burning forests with impunity. 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:15.445 I'm sorry to inform, but in Brazil, it exists. 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:21.300 This is the city of "Novo Progresso". (New Progress) 00:00:21.340 --> 00:00:23.399 25000 inhabitants live here, 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:27.600 in this city that is located inside the Environmental Protection Zone of Jamanxin. 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:31.128 The city is a recent creation: the first inhabitants 00:00:31.128 --> 00:00:33.301 started to move here 00:00:33.301 --> 00:00:34.749 in the 80s. 00:00:35.160 --> 00:00:39.940 The political emancipation, came just in 1993. 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:45.940 Its economy moves about 400 000 BRL a year (€89000) and it explores 00:00:45.940 --> 00:00:49.616 extraction of timber, mining and cattle for the meat. 00:00:50.140 --> 00:00:52.310 Novo Progresso has its own press 00:00:52.480 --> 00:00:55.440 by the newspaper "Folha do Progresso". 00:00:55.440 --> 00:01:01.640 From this small paper, from this small city, came the warning for something big. 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:05.140 "DAY OF FIRE: farmers plan day 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:10.440 for fire in the region". In the paper it reads: "The press Folha do Progresso 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.920 talked this weekend with one of the leaders. 00:01:13.940 --> 00:01:20.980 They want the the 10th of August to call the attention of the authorities that in this region the progress in production 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:23.400 happens without government support. 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:28.705 "We need to show the president that we want work, the only way is tearing down the forest. 00:01:29.165 --> 00:01:33.374 And the only way to clean and form the pastures is with fire", they claim. 00:01:33.600 --> 00:01:37.051 When this warning was done in the beginning of August 2019 00:01:37.051 --> 00:01:40.573 the government already had already been embarrassed by the data from INPE. 00:01:40.520 --> 00:01:44.960 The institute responsible, among other things, for monitoring the Amazon deforestation. 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:47.600 In July 2019, it had cuted 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:52.860 278% more forests than the same month in the previous year. 00:01:52.940 --> 00:01:55.600 The federal government, in its own way, 00:01:55.740 --> 00:01:59.280 took measures about this scary figures. 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:03.180 The government FIRED the director of the institute which released the data. 00:02:03.180 --> 00:02:09.300 According to the president, releasing the figures was insubordination and lack of patriotism. 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:12.840 "If the figures were alarming he should have 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:14.450 [...] 00:02:14.450 --> 00:02:16.450 for responsibility 00:02:16.880 --> 00:02:18.820 respect... 00:02:18.820 --> 00:02:22.180 patriotism, seek is immediate supervisor, in this case the minister, tell him: 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:26.260 "I got these data here, we're gonna release it because we 00:02:26.580 --> 00:02:27.500 [...] 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:31.020 should release. Sir, prepare yourself... there might have some crises." 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:32.480 That's how it has to be done. 00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:36.960 And not in a shallow way as he does, simply, 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.320 putting Brazil in a complicated situation. 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:41.841 Besides firing who monitors the destruction of the forest, 00:02:41.841 --> 00:02:45.889 the government green-lit the destruction acts. 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:47.800 The federal government simply 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:52.080 withdrew the inspectors from the region. 00:02:52.140 --> 00:02:54.401 The inspectors (IBAMA) had a HQ in the region. 00:02:54.401 --> 00:02:58.127 But it was shut down because the Ministry of Justice, 00:02:58.220 --> 00:03:01.868 commanded by Sergio Moro, withdrew the National Force, 00:03:01.968 --> 00:03:04.050 which gave support to the inspectors. 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:09.017 It's this type of posture by the federal government that encourages the 00:03:09.017 --> 00:03:11.055 Day of Fire in Novo Progresso. 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:16.260 It's a day of the year to burn the forest and it's to burn "Just like that". 00:03:16.260 --> 00:03:20.076 Nobody knows what they are burning nor which vegetable 00:03:20.076 --> 00:03:22.487 or animal species may be forever gone this way. 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:26.349 None knows, not even how to use the soil 00:03:26.449 --> 00:03:30.377 after it all becomes ashes: there's no planning on what to do 00:03:30.140 --> 00:03:33.086 after they burn it all. 00:03:33.186 --> 00:03:35.588 There is however, the will to destroy: 00:03:35.660 --> 00:03:39.200 destruction that can be seen from space! 00:03:39.200 --> 00:03:44.136 What you see are the images from the satelite array 00:03:44.136 --> 00:03:45.387 NOAA, from NASA. 00:03:45.810 --> 00:03:51.094 Here you can see the thick white clouds, and below, spreading on the continent, 00:03:51.094 --> 00:03:53.750 the huge mass of gray smoke. 00:03:53.850 --> 00:03:57.030 This image, captured in August 16th 00:03:57.260 --> 00:04:02.794 help us have perspective of the size of the tragedy as it was captured by an international entity, 00:04:02.794 --> 00:04:04.661 it cannot be censored. 00:04:04.761 --> 00:04:08.179 Not that INPE, even being persecuted by the government, 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:11.394 haven't been trying to do its job. 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:15.120 This image is from the QUEIMADAS program, led by the institute. 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.560 Each red cross here means a forest fire. 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:22.060 Here's the data from the Day of Fire: August 10th. 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:25.820 The day the fires intensified. 00:04:25.840 --> 00:04:27.180 In the 10th, there were 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:31.270 124 fire spots in the region of Novo Progresso. 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:35.920 It was the record of the year, but it would be surpassed in the next day. 00:04:36.180 --> 00:04:39.320 Sunday 11th, there were 203 fire spots. 00:04:39.700 --> 00:04:41.240 The towns in the region 00:04:41.260 --> 00:04:43.262 started to feel the consequences. 00:04:43.471 --> 00:04:46.114 The smoke covers a wide area 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.440 and forced flights to be cancelled. 00:04:49.640 --> 00:04:54.220 The tendency of the Day of Fire had copycats in other cities of the region. 00:04:54.220 --> 00:04:56.860 What started in Novo Progresso has spread. 00:04:57.020 --> 00:05:00.700 It arrived in Corumbá, in Mato Grosso do Sul, which registered 00:05:00.700 --> 00:05:04.660 180 fire spots in the 17th. 00:05:04.660 --> 00:05:07.520 The worse case was in Altamira in Pará. 00:05:07.520 --> 00:05:13.540 Since the beginning of the year there were 1578 fire spots. 00:05:13.640 --> 00:05:16.680 What started in the 10th, hasn't yet stopped 00:05:16.700 --> 00:05:20.860 because this is the problem with fire: starting it is very easy, 00:05:20.860 --> 00:05:22.980 controlling it is another story. 00:05:22.980 --> 00:05:25.400 Of course under normal circumstances 00:05:25.400 --> 00:05:29.060 nobody would ever start a fire intentionally. 00:05:29.060 --> 00:05:34.660 But this is Brazil from 2019, a country that is anything, but normal... 00:05:35.723 --> 00:05:44.977 IT IS NOT NORMAL. 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:52.140 Meet Mov Show, the Channel from UOL which among other attractions has 00:05:52.287 --> 00:05:57.580 Meteoro behind the scenes: it's us talking about Pop Culture, Science and Philosophy 00:05:57.640 --> 00:05:59.524 somewhere else in the Internet. 00:05:59.624 --> 00:06:02.945 Every Friday, you can watch, but only if you want. 00:06:22.260 --> 00:06:24.701 Thanks so much for watching this video until the end. 00:06:24.801 --> 00:06:27.716 The Meteoro is maintained thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. 00:06:27.700 --> 00:06:30.856 Who participates, listens to our podcast and also appears here 00:06:30.856 --> 00:06:33.457 at the very end, which is to receive our thanks. 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:37.232 Today is Ricardo and Sara's turn: they both appear there on the mat 00:06:37.232 --> 00:06:40.490 as practitioners of jujitsu, gentle art. 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:44.700 Sara, the following message is Ricardo's and it's for you, he says: 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:49.640 "Sara you have been my light, my way and the reason for my happiness. 00:06:49.640 --> 00:06:52.660 My friend and wife, who offered your allegiance, love, 00:06:52.760 --> 00:06:56.791 complicity and your arm to lift me every time I have no strength 00:06:57.243 --> 00:06:59.972 and applaud every time I can win. 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:03.600 I am because we are, I exist because you exist. 00:07:03.780 --> 00:07:08.970 I finish this simple tribute by saying that the couple that fights together, wins together. 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