[brabel]

> The forest fires stem from previous deforestation, so destruction is cumulative, exponential.

That's just wrong. The fires can actually make the forest stronger next year[1]. This is part of the cycle of nature. Have you been to the Amazon? Pretty much every inch of it has burned in the past, but after a year or so, you could barely tell, as in the wet season, the plants grow a lot faster than most people who are not from the region can even imagine.

[1] http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001...

[farseer]

The forest does recover, unless the burnt area is cleared and planted with soy or corn of-course.

[deepnet]

The evidence disagrees, the link I posted provides evidence that the majority of the forest fires stem from previous clearances.

While there is a natural role for fire in forests this is unsustainable and close to a tipping point of unrecoverable.