The planet's future burns along with Amazon

The nearly 73,000 fires, most of them set illegally to clear and prepare land for agriculture, cattle farming and property speculation, have prompted the state of Amazonas to declare an emergency. The fires have decimated the Amazon rainforest, which could be devastating for an ecosystem that produces a huge amount of the planet's oxygen, sparking international concerns over the destruction of one of the world's largest carbon sinks.

From frustration to mourning, the community of concerned individuals and organizations the world over are trying to find ways of curbing the man-made devastation in the Amazon.

"Our house is burning," tweeted French President Emmanuel Macron, calling for emergency talks on the issue at the just concluded G7 summit in Biarritz in France.