Vad händer
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Minskningen är den största sedan 2016 när man började använda dagens mätmetoder. De senaste 12 månaderna har Amazonas regnskog minskat med 4300 kvadratkilometer, en yta motsvarande Gotland eller en knapp promille av hela Amazonas.
Amazonas täcker 5,5 miljoner kvadratkilometer.Förändringen är en minskning med 46 procent jämfört med samma period året innan.
To control deforestation in the long term, monitoring, such as with satellites, and law enforcement are not enough, said Paulo Barreto via email, a researcher with the nonprofit Amazon Institute of People and the Environment. New protected areas are needed, both within and outside Indigenous territory, as well as more transparency so that slaughterhouses track where their cattle are coming from. Cattle ranching is the leading driver of deforestation in the Amazon. Degraded pasture lands also need to be replanted as forest, Barreto said, and there must be stricter rules for the financial sector to prevent the funding of deforestation.
Washington Post: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is down to lowest level since 2016, government says
President Lula da Silva har lovat “deforestation zero” till 2030. Hans mandatperiod tar slut i januari 2027. Amazonas avskogning har minskat drastiskt sedan den förra presidenten Jair Bolsonaro avgick 2022. Under hans regeringstid ökade avskogningen till ett femtonårigt rekord.
Interviewed in in Brasilia, Environment and Climate Change Minister Marina Silva conceded said that so far, law enforcement has been the main tool against deforestation, but government action must and will be broader. “From now on, we need to combine continued law enforcement with support for sustainable productive activities, which is one of the pillars of our plan.”
AP: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is down to lowest level since 2016, government says
Vad har det för betydelse
Amazonas utgör mer än tio procent av världens skogar och kallas världens lunga. Att avskogningen minskar där får enormt positiva effekter på den globala uppvärmningen.
