Since the relative new policy prevents an author from adding or modifying his blog after 48 hours of posting, I am adding some new materail to my previous blog on this subject for ScienceNet readers https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/08/harvard-biologist-discusses-the-environmental-impact-of-the-amazon-fires/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%2520Gazette%252020190829%2520%281%29 

People of the world should understand this is a "clear and present danger" to all of us and not strictly an internal affair of Brazil and other neighboring countries that have the forest within her national bopundaries.