The Amazon rainforest is widely regarded as the "lungs of thethe planet" spanning1.7 billion acres. It plays a major role in regulating the earth's climate and is thought to provide 20% of the worlds oxygen. But what is happening in Amazon now and who are to blame? According to Christian Poiries, the programme director of the non-profit organization Amazon Watch, told CNN that "the vast majority of these fines are human-lit, and when this outbreak started the fire have increased with more than 9,500 inferos since August 15, according to National Institute for Space Research. NASA also stated that these fines are so big that they can be seen from space .