View of a burnt area of forest in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, on August 27, 2019. - Brazil will accept foreign aid to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest on the condition the Latin American country controls the money, the president's spokesman said Tuesday. (Photo by Joao LAET / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOAO LAET/AFP/Getty Images)

View of a burnt area of forest in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, on August 27, 2019. - Brazil will accept foreign aid to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest on the condition the Latin American country controls the money, the president's spokesman said Tuesday. (Photo by Joao LAET / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOAO LAET/AFP/Getty Images)

亞馬遜雨林號稱地球之肺,不過燒了將近三個星期的大火,以破紀錄速度蔓延。大火所產生的濃煙覆蓋了將近半個雨林,對地球大氣和雨林生態構成難以回復的傷害,巴西總統竟然還把責任推給綠色和平等非政府組織機構,無根據地指責他們放火。

一直致力於環境與生態保護的巨星 Leonardo DiCaprio,不但多次在社交平台上發表貼文,希望喚起大家關注,更宣布捐贈 500 萬美元給予相關團體救災,希望呼起更多人反應。以時尚業成為世上最富有人士之一的法國首富 Bernard Arnault 為善不甘後人,繼月前巴黎聖母院大火捐出二億歐元,日前宣布為亞馬遜雨林救災捐出 1000 萬美元。

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 23: Owner of LVMH Luxury Group Bernard Arnault and Stylist Kim Jones pose after the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 23, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images)

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 23: Owner of LVMH Luxury Group Bernard Arnault and Stylist Kim Jones pose after the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 23, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images)

身為 LVMH 行政總裁的 Bernard Arnault 指亞馬遜是一個世界寶藏並需要被保護的,救災是一個需要眾人努力之事。但是他的行動也引來了部分人的批評,他為了聖母院失火就付出二億歐元,但為了大自然,卻只捐 1,000 萬美元。

其實,這情況有點像數年前巴黎恐襲,不少香港人紛紛在社交網站上換上紅白藍相片來表示對巴黎的支持和恐襲不滿,當時也有人批評為甚麼香港人不對同時發生而死了更多人的中東戰爭關心。

有人分析,認為人類對個人有認識有感情的事物發生了災禍會有更大的反應。而套用在捐款一事之上, Bernard Arnault 對巴黎聖母院有更深厚的感情,捐更大的款項不足為奇,但他的反應已比不少與亞馬遜關係更深的財團來得快。用了亞馬遜森林命名的 Amazon 董事長 Jeff Bezos 迄今仍未對大火發表意見。