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FIFTH of Amazon Rainforest Lost to Deforestation
One FIFTH of The Amazon Rainforest Lost to Deforestation
Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest is down to lowest level since 2016, government says
BBC News 30 SEP 2024
The Amazon rainforest has lost an area the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in the last 40 years.
One fifth of the Amazon has been lost as a result of deforestation, agricultural farming, and climate change.
Professor Michael Sweet of the University of Derby said rivers in the Amazon are also ?starting to dry out."
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. Its the largest reduction since 2016, when officials began using the current method of measurement.
In the past 12 months, the Amazon rainforest lost 4,300 square kilometers (1,700 square miles), an area roughly the size of Rhode Island. Thats a nearly 46% decrease compared to the previous period. Brazils deforestation surveillance year runs from August 1 to July 30.
Still, much remains to be done to end the destruction and the month of July showed a 33% increase in tree cutting over July 2023. A strike by officials at federal environmental agencies contributed to this surge, said Joo Paulo Capobianco, executive secretary for the Environment Ministry, during a press conference in Braslia.
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