Data signals third year of vast Brazil Amazon deforestation
Source: AP
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) Preliminary government data released on Friday indicates annual deforestation in Brazils Amazon may have surpassed 10,000 square kilometers (3,861 square miles) for the third straight year, continuing a worrisome jump since President Jair Bolsonaro assumed office.
The area deforested from August to July the 12-month period that is Brazils reference was 8,793 square kilometers, just below last years record, according to daily alerts compiled by the National Institute for Space Researchs Deter monitoring system.
That data is considered a leading indicator for complete calculations released near year end from the more accurate system, Prodes. It uses at least four different satellites to capture images, addressing oversights in preliminary data caused by lower resolution and cloud cover.
Márcio Astrini, executive secretary of the Climate Observatory, a network of environmental nonprofit groups, told The Associated Press that he anticipates the final tally will land right around 10,000 square kilometers.
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2020 file photo, cattle graze on land recently burned and deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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3auld6phart
(1,016 posts)proceeds apace. These same shit kicking cattle barons are also killing Amazon
indigenous tribes. Quite imagine BurgerKing, MacDonalds are pleased having
an endless supply of beef. A southern Sahara in the not so distant future.
Mosby
(16,158 posts)That should work.
ck4829
(34,971 posts)Mosby
(16,158 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)profit is king and no one, no one can defeat the king except the E.L.E. coming fast. 'Tipping points environmentally and otherwise have been arrived at and in many cases, so far, are at a point where we can't change the catastrophic consequences. The love of money and power has done this. And the narcissists like the idiot past POTUS really don't care, do U???
hatrack
(59,439 posts)Outstanding work, everybody!