After a significant drop in the last several years, the annual deforestation rates in Brazil raised 28% for the period August 2012-July 2013, according to INPE, the Brazilian Spatial Institute.
… Brazil deforestation up 28% The Ecologist | 16th … drop in the last several years, the annual deforestation rates in Brazil raised 28% for … 37% from 1,741 km2 to 2,379 km. For Roraima deforestation increased 49% from 124 km2 to …
Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit. And as Paul Brown writes, the damage is spreading well beyond Amazonia itself ...
… and Uruguay. Last month it was reported that deforestation in Amazonia had increased by … "The loss of ecosystem services through deforestation undermines the securities and … mercury from gold-mining. "Large-scale deforestation is predicted to reduce rainfall …
Thanks to climate change the southern Amazon rainforest is "drying out", say US researchers.
… and more fragmented forests caused by deforestation could eventually convert much of … Earlier studies have shown that human-caused deforestation in the Amazon can alter rainfall … south-western Amazon, while the most intense deforestation occurred in the south-east. …
"Most of the recently discovered plants and animals are thought to be endemic to small parts of the Amazon rainforest."
… makes them highly vulnerable to the threat of deforestation that's currently destroying … the project is finding alternatives to deforestation that can make the trees worth …
The collapse of Yasuni Initiative has allowed pristine parts of the Ecuadorian Amazon to become vulnerable to oil exploration. As the drilling begins, Carla Shaw tells The Ecologist why she fears for more than just the environment ...
… A sea change in attitudes to consumption and deforestation is happening worldwide, but will …