Gettysburgians recognize why the world should care about the future of the Amazon

Two months after visiting Manu National Park in the Peruvian Amazon for Prof. Alex Trillo's tropical terrestrial biology course, a group of Gettysburgians are now in shock.

The land they just saw thriving is being threatened-because the Amazon is ablaze.

Wildfires began sweeping the Brazilian jungles in August, and continued in Bolivia.

Manu National Park-known for its rich diversity and serving as home to hundreds of species, including birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles, in the southeast of Peru-could be affected next.

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