Sky News
@skynews·9.3M subscribers·76.1K videos
The Amazon fires: Why it matters
Posted
August 23, 2019
Views
5,852
Likes
118
Comments
36
Engagement
2.63%
August 23, 2019
5,852
118
36
2.63%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
2:25Now PlayingThe fires in the Amazon are started to clear the forest for farming.
They usually go out naturally but there are so many this year that isn't happening so quickly.
More than 7,000 are currently burning and jeopardising the rainforest's role as a bulwark against climate change.
Sky's Noel Phillips reports on the scale of the problem and what could be done to solve it.
SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos
Follow us on Twitter
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Instagram
For more content go to and download our apps
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
