One of the most discussed topics of this month is the situation of bushfires in Australia who have risked the lives of so many people and animals at the same time. The aftermath of these wildfires has been really serious as well. Entire towns have been engulfed in flames, and residents across several states have lost their homes. The heaviest structural damage occurred in NSW, the country’s most populated state, where 1,588 homes have been destroyed and over 650 damaged.
In total, more than 7.3 million hectares (17.9 million acres) have been burned across Australia’s six states — an area larger than the countries of Belgium and Denmark combined. The worst-affected state is NSW, with more than 4.9 million hectares (12.1 million acres) burned. (CNN, 2020). What is even worse is the fact that a lot of endangered species in the country have become even more endangered and some of them have fully gone instinct.
The year that we left behind has affected our environment negatively in a lot of ways as two of the biggest green spaces in the world, including Amazon and New South Wales and North-East Victoria who are also really important in preventing the negative effects of the greenhouse effect. The situation in Amazon has become stable, however, the fires continue in Australia fortunately at a much lesser capacity.
Countless Australians have been giving their all in the last several months to put a stop to the raging fires, whether it was going to the fire front to push away the incoming flames, or joining in the humanitarian aid and relief efforts for both people and animals in need. The 16th Regiment Emergency Support Force has been recently going viral after a handful of photos of them cuddling and feeding koalas was posted on their unit’s Facebook page.
They are using their free time, which is not much during such a difficult period for their country to spend some time with Koala’s who were saved by the bushfires. Let me remind you that Koalas are really important in the country as they are native in Australia and can barely be found in the rest of the world. I really hope such situations will never be repeated again.
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