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Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest. It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests. The Amazon region includes the territories of ...
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. [ 1] Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests at present. [ 2]
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. In the past 12 months, the Amazon ...
Area. 5,500,000 km 2 (2,100,000 sq mi) The Amazon rainforest, [ a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the ...
Deforestation in the Brazilian portion of the Amazon rainforest slowed over the last 12 months by nearly half compared to the previous year, according to new government data. The country lost 4300 ...
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil recorded the most deforestation ever in the Amazon rainforest for the month of January, according to government data on Friday, as destruction continues to worsen ...
Deforestation is a primary contributor to climate change, [ 1][ 2] and climate change affects the health of forests. [ 3] Land use change, especially in the form of deforestation, is the second largest source of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities, after the burning of fossil fuels. [ 4][ 5] Greenhouse gases are emitted from ...
Human-driven deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has been a major concern for decades as the rainforest's impact on the global climate has been measured. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] From a global climate perspective, the Amazon has been the world's largest carbon dioxide sink , and estimated to capture up to 25% of global carbon dioxide generation into ...