Is the Amazon Being Deforested?
Between August 2020 and July 2021, the Rainforest Lost 10,476 Square Kilometers – an Area Nearly Seven Times Bigger Than Greater London and 13 Times the Size...
Between August 2020 and July 2021, the rainforest lost 10,476 square kilometers – an area nearly seven times bigger than greater London and 13 times the size of New York City, according to data released by Imazon, a Brazilian research institute that has been tracking the Amazon deforestation since 2008.
Why is the Amazon being deforested?
The forests are cut down to make way for vast plantations where products such as bananas, palm oil, pineapple, sugar cane, tea and coffee are grown. As with cattle ranching, the soil will not sustain crops for long, and after a few years the farmers have to cut down more rainforest for new plantations.
Is deforestation still happening in the Amazon?
Nearly 5,000 square kilometers that have been deforested since 2019 have yet to be burned, according to an analysis by Woodwell Climate Research Center and the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (Ipam). "Those areas are tinderboxes of fuel waiting for a spark," according to the analysis released last week.
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