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Every year the world loses around 5 million hectares of forest through deforestation. At least three-quarters of this is driven by agriculture — clearing forests to grow crops, raise livestock and produce products such as paper. This allows us to target our efforts towards specific industries, products, or countries where they will have the greatest impact. In a study published in Global Environmental Change , Florence Pendrill and colleagues addressed both of these questions. They also combined this with global trade flows to assess how much of this deforestation was driven by international trade — we look at the role of trade specifically in a related article. The study by Pendrill et al. That was a decade ago, but the world is still losing a similar amount today: using satellite data, researchers at Global Forest Watch estimate that global deforestation in was around 5. But where in the tropics did we lose this forest? The Deforestation Of The Amazons Deforestation
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The destruction of the Amazon, explainedStory April 17, The present project will map and investigate the land conflicts and illegal logging that have Satellites, on the other hand, accurately monitor environmental destruction in this far-from-urban region.
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And what they see is alarming. Last year, it was the city with the fifth-highest increase in deforestation rates in the entirety of Brazil's Legal Amazon. Your support ensures great journalism and education on underreported and systemic global issues. Main Menu Navigation.
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