This week’s feature looks at the devastating fires in the Amazon rainforest, and the global protests that are taking place to ensure their protection.

Students will learn what caused the fires, how many fires there have been, why this is so important, how the world has reacted and how Brazil has responded.

This PDF resource includes this article, as well as accompanying activity ideas:

• Hold a debate on whether other nations have a say in how these fires are dealt with, or whether it should be up to Brazil alone.
• Write an imaginary account of the fires from the perspective of an animal living in the rainforest
• Write a poem using the metaphor of the Amazon rainforest being the lungs of the world
• Investigate how much oxygen the Amazon rainforest produces, and how this happens

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