Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared …
6 days ago · 3 of 3. By FABIANO MAISONNAVE. AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles), roughly the size of the U.S. state of ...
Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to ... - Conservation news
3 days ago · Consumed series. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year, reaching the lowest level of destruction in nine years, according to data from the country’s national ...
Amazon finally gets rain, but after 2 years of drought, it may
Oct 30, 2024 · MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon River community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. After two years of devastating drought, you might think that residents in this parched...
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation drops nearly 31% compared to …
5 days ago · Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest ...
Brazil drought: Stark pictures reveal dramatic shrinking of major
Sep 30, 2024 · CNN — Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet — have plunged to record-low levels, upending lives, stranding boats, and threatening endangered dolphins as...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is down to lowest …
Aug 8, 2024 · BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when officials began using the current method of measurement.
Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon Has Reached a Record High.
Aug 24, 2022 · New data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research shows that more than 3,980 square kilometers of the Amazon—an area five times the size of New York City—were cleared in the first...
Amazon rainforest: Deforestation rate halved in 2023 - BBC
The rate of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell by nearly 50% in 2023 compared to the previous year, space agency data suggests.
Amazon deforestation at six-year-low in Brazil after plunging …
Aug 4, 2023 · Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66% last month compared to July 2022 and is now at its lowest rate in six years, according to preliminary data released by Brazil’s National...
Brazil's Amazon Summit ends with a plan to protect the world's ...
Aug 9, 2023 · BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Amazon Summit closed Wednesday with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests that was welcomed as an important step in countering climate change, but without the concrete commitments sought by …