G-7 Countries Slammed Over $22 Million Pledge to Fight Amazon Wildfires: 'Netflix Paid $100 Million
Many social media users were less than impressed when the Group of Seven (G-7) nations pledged on Monday to give an immediate 20 million euros ($20 million) to combat ongoing fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest. They suggested that the amount did not go nearly far enough to address the problem, which could have serious repercussions impacting the entire planet.
"We must respond to the call of the forest which is burning today in the Amazon," said French President Emmanuel Macron, who was hosting the G-7 Leaders Summit in France over the weekend. The G-7 is made up of the world's wealthy democracies and includes the U.S., United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada, in addition to France.
The Amazon rainforests, which are largely in Brazil but also spread into other South American countries, are often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth." Scientists are concerned about the forests being decimated, as they produce a significant amount of the world's oxygen while removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
Under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil has encouraged more mining, farming and other activities that lead to burning and clearing the rainforests. Although uncontrolled fires occur annually in the rainforests, the size and scale of the devastation has gone beyond the norm and shocked people around the world.
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