The work of the agricultural aviation sector in protecting people, geographical areas, and crops from fire is the focus of South American Agricultural Aviation in Firefighting campaign, launched this week by Sindag, the association representing agricultural aviation in South America on its social media. Throughout the month, the entity will have a series of card posts on Instagram, as well as material on LinkedIn and podcasts.
The objective is to inform the public about this prerogative of agricultural aviation. Present since the 1960s in the regulation of the sector for the protection of both crops and natural reserves. In addition to the sector’s capacity in this segment. It is worth remembering that at least since 1990, agricultural aviation has been present in the actions to protect the main Brazilian biomes.
This includes annual operations in the Amazon, Cerrado, and Pantanal; also operating in the Atlantic Forest, Pampa, and even in the Caatinga. It is worth remembering that in this fire season alone – which began in July and is expected to last until at least the beginning of October – there are already at least 36 agricultural aviation companies involved in aerial firefighting operations. According to a preliminary estimate, more than 15 million liters of water have already been dropped this year.
