Bolsonaro gave the military and later the Justice Ministry authority over operations to fight deforestation, sidelining Ibama despite the agency's extensive experience and success in fighting the destruction of the Amazon. An area larger than Denmark was deforested under Bolsonaro, a...
The article discusses cattle ranching as the primary driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon with huge swaths of rainforest being cleared to make way for agriculture. Topics discu...
Silva said on Tuesday the government intends to invest 730 million reais ($145.87 million) in actions to fight deforestation in 70 Brazilian cities that were responsible for almost 80% of Amazon deforestation in 2022. She added that Brazil was also working on a proposal to create...
The article offers information on the efforts being made by the Brazil government to deal with the problem of deforestation. It states that, deforestation causes devastating climatic changes and global warming. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais IN...
A solution to stopping rapid deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is to protest elected officials of Brazil. Hold them accountable for policies and fight for change. Protesting is a powerful way to make our voices heard. You can also donate to organizations such as the Amazon Watch, who are...
Passage 5 D In Brazil, which houses 30percent of the remaining tropical(热带 的) rainforests on Earth, more than50,000 square miles of rainforests were lost to deforestation(砍伐森林)between 2000 and 2005. Biologists worry about the long-term consequences.Drought(干旱) may be one. Some rainfor...
The Amazon is vital in the fight against deforestation. Ecotourism here serves as a crucial means for environmental education and aids in safeguarding both indigenous and riverside communities. Bonito (MS): As a leading ecotourism center in Brazil, Bonito is a haven for diving enthusiasts, with ...
profitable business for those involved, from land speculators looking for cheaper plots at the forest frontier, to the growers and distributors of soy, to the banks financing it. The indigenous communities displaced by expanding farmland are the clear losers. If they fight back, theymight be ...
Image:Jair Bolsonaro has said clearing land for farming can help reduce poverty It said the destruction in Para included protected areas, indigenous lands and public lands. Anna Jones, head of forests at Greenpeace UK, said seeing the deforestation rise again was "beyond belief". ...
“Our focus is the fight of environmental crimes in an area that covers approximately 60% of national territory,” said Oliveira to CNN. To monitor deforestation, the Guardiões operation has created just six bases spread across in this vast Amazon territory. In the state of Amazonas, which ...