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Caçador National Forest. According to the National System of Nature Conservation Units, a national forest of Brazil is an area with forest cover of predominantly native species that has as its basic objective the multiple sustainable use of the forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods of sustainable exploitation of native forests. [1]
In Brazil, protected areas are known as conservation units, and those in the Cerrado account for 19% of all units in the country. While a 2017 assessment found that 433,581 km 2 , or 23%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas, in total, these registered conservation units make up roughly 17.96 Mha of land, which represents about 9% of the ...
A national forest (Portuguese: Floresta Nacional, FLONA) in Brazil is a type of sustainable use protected area. The primary purpose is sustainable exploitation of the forest, subject to various limits. These include a requirement to preserve at least 50% of the original forest, to preserve forest along watercourses and on steep slopes, and so on.
The code remains an enduring source of controversy for environmentalists and agriculturalists. [1] On 28 February 2018, Supreme Federal Court upheld forestry law changes which comes as a blow to environmentalists trying to protect the world's largest rain forest. [2]
The Serra do Mar coastal forests extend from the Atlantic coast up the seaward-facing slopes of the Serra do Mar, along the southern coast of Brazil for about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi). The ecoregion lies within the states of São Paulo , Rio de Janeiro , Paraná , Minas Gerais , Espírito Santo , Santa Catarina , and Rio Grande do Sul .
Brazil is experiencing a significant drought season, with a record number of forest fires> Right now, there are over 50,000 forest fires burning across Brazil, and a third of these have been ...
Guianan moist forests (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela) Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests (Brazil, Venezuela) Gurupá várzea ; Iquitos várzea (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru) Japurá–Solimões–Negro moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela) Juruá–Purus moist forests ; Madeira–Tapajós moist forests (Bolivia, Brazil)
A post with over 275,000 views on X claims that President Joe Biden “wandered” into the Amazon rainforest immediately after giving a speech. Verdict: Misleading He walked down a path he was ...