DEFORESTATION IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON FOREST REACHES RECORD LEVELS

  • 06/06/2021

The Brazilian Amazon is being subjected to record levels of deforestation, and in the month of May around 1180 sq km of the rainforest was cleared as per the official data. The increase is 14% compared to the same month the previous year.

It is the first time since the recording of deforestation began that deforested area exceeded 1,000 sq km. Greenpeace Brazil said the preliminary data shows the risks the Amazon, one of the world's largest reserves of biodiversity, is exposed to day after day.

If this trend continues for the next two months, the annual rate of deforestation for 2021, which is measured from August to July, could hit an unprecedented high, the think tank warned. Brazil owns a large part of the Amazon, about the size of Western Europe, that stretches across nine states. This ownership makes Brazil a key player when it comes to the fight against climate change.

US climate envoy John Kerry recently called on Brazil to help fight climate change and make efforts to preserve the Amazon region.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, however, is more in favour of opening up the Amazon region to economic exploitation, and environmental authorities have been deliberately weakened.
He is also accused of creating a climate where farmers feel encouraged to take land for their own agricultural use.

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