August 20, 2023, may be a monumental date for Ecuador’s foreseeable future. For one, presidential and legislative elections will be held on this day, having been pushed forward from 2025 to this year.
Just weeks after the height of the Amazon rainforest fire that spread across South America and continues to burn, Indonesia is now also undergoing a massive forest fire. The fire, ravaging the country since July has destroyed 800,000 acres of land.
The Amazon rainforest, spanning eight countries and over 2 million square miles, experienced an 80 percent increase in fires this year. Fires are devastating local species and have international implications surrounding climate change and human consumption
