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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 ...
In August 2023, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hosts a summit in Belem with eight South American countries to coordinate policies for the Amazon basin and develop a roadmap to save the world's largest rainforest, also serving as a preparatory event for the COP30 UN climate talks in 2025.
If drought-like conditions become permanent with climate change, as some long-range climate models suggest, the Amazon biome could lose one-sixth to one-half of its area, or 1 million to 3 million ...
In 2008, Brazil's government announced a record rate of deforestation in the Amazon. [139] [140] Deforestation jumped by 69% in 2008 compared to 2007's twelve months, according to official government data. [141] Deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60% of the Amazon rainforest by 2030, according to a 2007 report from WWF. [142]
Amazon rainforest in Colombia Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, near Manaus. The rainforest likely formed during the Eocene era (from 56 million years to 33.9 million years ago). It appeared following a global reduction of tropical temperatures when the Atlantic Ocean had widened sufficiently to provide a warm, moist climate to the Amazon ...
Amazon nations seek common voice on climate change, urge developed world to help protect rainforest FABIANO MAISONNAVE and DAVID BILLER August 8, 2023 at 5:38 PM
The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year, authorities said Tuesday. ... 2023 at 8:28 PM. ... Climate change ...
There are 670 million ha (1.7 billion acres; 6.7 million km 2; 2.6 million sq mi) of Amazon rainforest. [8] Human-driven deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has been a major concern for decades as the rainforest's impact on the global climate has been measured.