Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon
November 13 , 2024
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- Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year.
- In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles).
- Deforestation in Brazil's vast savannah, known as the Cerrado, is decreased by 25.7%, the first decline in five years.
- The area that was destroyed has reached 8,174 square kilometers (3,156 square miles).
- The Amazon, an area twice the size of India, holds the world’s largest rainforest, about two-thirds of it within Brazil.
- The Amazon basin also holds about 20% of the world’s fresh water and the biodiversity includes 16,000 known tree species.
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