Brazil and Peru stricken by drought. As announced on Monday, September 6, a severe dry period has resulted in the parching of Brazil’s flora- and fauna-rich Amazon basin forest and Pantanal area, with officials calling it the worst since 1973.
The arid conditions have also sparked some 1,200 wildfires, prompting an environmental emergency to be declared in 15 of the nation’s 26 states. Having just faced historic floods in 2009 due to a record rise in Amazon River water levels, several communities in Amazonas state now find themselves facing the opposite extreme as they have been isolated by drought and can no longer be accessed by boat, only by foot through the forest.
Water navigation in general has been seriously hampered, with the Juruá River nearly run dry and water levels of Pantanal’s Chacore Bay, the third largest in Brazil, having dropped significantly.
Over 80,000 people are currently estimated to have been affected, and the regional government is sending food and water supplies. Meanwhile in neighboring Peru, the Amazon River is noted to be at its lowest level in 40 years, with officials expressing concern over expected food shortages and disease as they brace for an extended dry period similar to one that occurred five years ago.
Robert Falcon of Peru's civil defense agency said, “The scientists are already saying that because of climate change these events will become more frequent.”
We appreciate the efforts of the Brazilian government and other officials to ease this challenging situation as we join in concern for the grave effects of these climate-related changes.
Let us all strive to foster a more balanced ecosphere for the survival and comfort of all life on Earth. In an October 2009 address to government magistrates and judges in Mexico, Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke of the dire effects of climate change, while appealing for the swift measures necessary to effectively halt them.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Once towering glaciers are receding so fast that over 2 billion people are already short of water and food. Many more suffer shortage as tens of thousands of rivers and waters are gone or drying.
At this most urgent time for the planet, I beseech your honorable graces to please help your country and our world spare lives from the impending global warming calamity.
If you don’t, there will be too massive a catastrophe, too immense a suffering upon people, families, the children, that our conscience might never be able to bear it.
We cannot wait for the sustainable energy and green technology to be available and used by everyone. It would be too late. We must become vegan to save our planet.
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/44603?tid=37http://www.france24.com/en/20100907-drought-brazils-amazon-basin-forest-pantanalhttp://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN0315683020100903 Prince Charles calls for an expanse of trees the size of the nation. Arriving at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales, United Kingdom via an eco-train, His Royal Highness Prince Charles launched a tree-planting program known as “Size of Wales.”
This project seeks to engage people throughout the country in saving an area of African rainforest that is collectively two million hectares in size, or approximately the size of Wales.
From local teams to schools, individuals and businesses, the project encourages fellow citizens nationwide to help address climate change by supporting projects in Africa that are addressing deforestation as well as planting trees to keep the planet cool. Welsh volunteers would also be sent to help carry out the programs and to support local efforts.
Speaking at the program’s launch, His Royal Highness Prince Charles said, “Put simply we are, right now, causing serious damage to our own and, more importantly, our children and grandchildren’s support system. …
If we get it right, we will leave a legacy for future generations of a sustainable environment. But we will never achieve what we need to, unless we make a start.”
Our respectful salute, Your Royal Highness Prince Charles, for your ever-striving and noble efforts to save our planet for future generations. Blessed be such actions as yours in helping protect and expand the delicate but vital lungs of our Earth.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/7987910/The-Prince-of-Wales-begins-project-to-protect-area-of-rainforest-the-size-of-Wales.html http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/09/08/making-the-size-of-wales-stand-for-something-great-and-green-91466-27222842/Extra NewsCanadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announces a government allocation of US$6.2 million to create processes that support organic growing practices in becoming more efficient and profitable.
http://www.trurodaily.com/News/Local/2010-09-01/article-1718786/Federal-funding-to-help-organic-farmers/1http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Innovation-for-Organic-Farmers-1312801.htm
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