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20 lut 2024 · The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” is facing a grave threat from deforestation. In this article, we present 11 crucial facts about Amazon deforestation that shed light on the alarming rate at which this vital ecosystem is disappearing.
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12 maj 2023 · In 2022, the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest witnessed a dramatic peak in deforestation: it lost the equivalent of nearly 3,000 soccer fields a day. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), approximately 10 million hectares of global forests are lost every year.
The Amazon rainforest is getting smaller. This threatens its incredible biodiversity and the livelihoods of millions of people that depend on it. It also threatens the future and health of our planet. Cattle ranching for meat and dairy is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon
8 lis 2022 · The numbers are devastating: 17% of Amazon forests have been wholly lost, and an additional 17% are degraded. And data from the first half of 2022 show the loss continuing to grow. The Amazon is in crisis as forests are threatened by deforestation, fires, and degradation; surface water has been lost; and rivers are increasingly disconnected and ...
21 lis 2022 · Deforestation in the Amazon has numerous effects on the ecosystems surrounding the rainforest. Deforestation causes erosion, loss of nutrients, loss of biodiversity, and sediment build-up in the Amazon River.
Shockingly, the first 9 months of 2022 saw the highest recorded deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon since 2016. The main causes of deforestation are cattle ranching and agriculture, the building of roads and other infrastructure, illegal logging, mining, and land grabbing and speculation.
More frequent and intense droughts test the Amazon's resilience. That has already been stretched by deforestation - around one-fifth of the rainforest has been lost over the last 50 years.
