Deforestation rates in Brazil decreaseEmeraldManagement of Environmental Quality An International Journal
The figures were compiled in an annual report issued by Prodes, a project for remote sensing deforestation rates in the Amazon. It is considered the most accurate mechanism for measuring forest loss. Over the past two decades, the deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon peaked in 2004, when...
Increased rates of deforestation in Brazil due to logging, commodity driven agriculture and cattle ranching have led to loss of biodiversity, ecological services and indigenous culture. Sustainable practices like selective logging, reduced impact logging and post-harvest regeneration will reduce the negative...
To the Editor — In 2012, Brazil achieved an unprecedented feat among tropical countries by reducing deforestation rates in Amazonia by 84% (4,571 km2) compared to the historical peak of 2004, when 27,772 km2 of forests were clear-cut1 (Fig. 1). This achievement resulted from multiple ...
High deforestation rates in Brazil and massive fires in the Amazon have put agricultural companies operating in the country and their investors in the spotlight. Agricultural supply chains are key drivers of deforestation, with cattle and soy playing major roles. With agricult...
The number of cattle slaughtered in Brazil reached 31.86 million heads in 2018, the highest level since 2014. The higher rate of slaughter increases the risk of even more cattle-driven deforestation occurring in Brazil. As Chain Reaction Research (CRR) h
"The policy of the Brazilian government in the Amazon raises doubts as to whether a consistent reduction of deforestation rates is still being pursued," Tagesspiegel quoted German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze as saying. Only when this becomes clear again, will the project cooperation be contin...
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia: History, Rates, and Consequences Brazil's Amazon forest remained largely intact until the "modern" era of deforestation began with the inauguration of the Transamazon Highway in 1970. Amaz... PM Fearnside - 《Conservation Biology》 被引量: 1608发表: 2005年 ...
Rearing livestock for meat and supplying palm oil for biofuels, the personal care sector and the global food industry have an enormous environmental footprint. High deforestation rates in Brazil and Indonesia during the first half of 2019 reflected the ever-increasing demand for...
According to annual Amazon deforestation statistics, the area destroyed in Brazil has increased by more than 65 percent since 2010.