Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Drops by Nearly 31% Compared to Previous Year More Andre Penner FILE - A river borders an area that has been illegally deforested by land-grabbers and cattle farmers in an extractive reserve in Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July ...
The study analyzed 232 indigenous territories and found deforestation in the territories reached 1,708 square km, equivalent to 2.38 percent of the Brazilian Amazon. "Deforestation also creates other problems inside these areas, such as the spread of diseases and threats to the survival of isolated ...
Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles), roughly the size of the U.S. state...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Down 40% in Q1, Minister Says More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A deforested and burnt plot is seen in Jamanxim National Forest in the Amazon, near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo BRASILIA (R...
Brazil's Forest Policy draft law, to cover many aspects of development policy in Amazonia, is a major unknown factor in future deforestation trends. More important than the precise time remaining for the bulk of Amazonia's rain forests are the designation and defense of areas to be left in ...
In 2012, a record-low of 4,500 square kilometers were deforested, although, since 2015, deforestation has accelerated. Brazil's government says it is committed to the goals established at successive editions of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to end illegal deforestation by 2030....
According to annual Amazon deforestation statistics, the area destroyed in Brazil has increased by more than 65 percent since 2010.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by half last year, according to figures released Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government bolstered environmental policing to crack down on surging destruction.
The Amazon rainforest covers land in nine countries, but around 60% lies in Brazil. According to Greenpeace, one-third of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon is linked to so-called land grabbing of public land, mainly driven by meat producers clearing space for cattle ranches. ...
Amazon tribes are using drones to track deforestation in Brazil 03:24 - Source: CNN Sao Paulo CNN — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon surged to a 12-year high in the year between August 2019 and July 2020, according to the country’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE). ...