UNDERNEWS: Amazon deforestation accelerating to unrecoverable 'tipping point'

July 31, 2019

Amazon deforestation accelerating to unrecoverable 'tipping point'

Guardian -Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has surged above three football fields a minute, according to the latest government data, pushing the world’s biggest rainforest closer to a tipping point beyond which it cannot recover

The sharp rise – following year-on-year increases in May and June – confirms fears that president Jair Bolsonaro has given a green light to illegal land invasion, logging and burning.Clearance so far in July has hit 1,345 sq km, a third higher than the previous monthly record under the current monitoring system by the Deter B satellite system, which started in 2015

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Concern for the future of planet earth:
The Amazon forest is one of the most important natural systems in the world, in terms of diversity of wildlife and a value to the environment serving the worldly occupants.
Please cease the destruction of this valued natural resource.
Clyde Gosnell; August 1, 2019 at 2:47 PM

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