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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The report stating, that economic losses due to deforestation in Brazil could reach around 317 billion dollars per year, approximately 7 times higher in comparison to the cost of all commodities produced through deforestation, proposed another economic program in the region of the Amazon rainforest. For example, it proposed to link cities with ...
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 to worsen ...