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Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest.It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests.
English: Stacked horizontal bar chart showing percentages of deforestation and degradation in the Amazon rainforest, by country Source: Amazon Against the Clock: A Regional Assessment on Where and How to Protect 80% by 2025. Amazon Watch 8 (September 2022). Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. "Graphic 2: Current State of the Amazon ...
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago in a major turnaround for the region vital to ...
The more deforestation rates are reduced, the more expensive further reductions become. Therefore, it is increasingly vital to establish a development model for the Amazon rainforest that values and protects its resources while simultaneously fostering social and ethnic diversity and improving the population’s standard of living.
By Jake Spring. SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil recorded the most deforestation ever in the Amazon rainforest for the month of January, according to government data on Friday, as destruction continues ...
On the Cerrado, Brazil’s highly biodiverse savanna, deforestation was up 9 percent compared to last year, however. The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest, and two-thirds of it is in Brazil.
The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2 ] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [ 3 ]
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. In the past 12 months, the Amazon ...