Tag: Deforestation
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Global Climate Action Has Failed to Halt Deforestation: UNEP
After the 2020 goal to halve forest loss was not met, we must ensure that the 2030 goal does not meet the same fate, said Dechen Tsering. On Monday, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) launched the report titled “Raising Ambition, Accelerating Action: Towards Enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions for Forests.” RELATED: Paraguayan Megadiverse Forest Threatened […]
June 11, 2024
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Brazil’s Deforestation Drops 11.6 Percent in 2023
On Tuesday, monitoring network MapBiomas published a report showing that Brazil lost 1,829,597 hectares of native vegetation in 2023, which means a decrease of 11.6 percent in deforestation compared to 2022. RELATED: Brazil: Illegal Deforestation in the Amazon Fell by 63 Percent Two largest biomes, the Amazon and a tropical savanna known as “Cerrado,” accounted for […]
May 29, 2024
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Brazil: Illegal Deforestation in the Amazon Fell by 63 Percent
On Monday, the Institute of Man and the Environment in the Amazon (IMAZON) published a study showing that illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon was reduced to 196 square kilometers in January and February. RELATED: Wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon Put Yanomami Families at Risk This figure represents a drop of 63 percent of the […]