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Amazon deforestation in Brazil drops 18% 2013/2014
2014-11-27 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Preliminary data released by the Brazilian government suggests that deforestation in Earth's largest rainforest slowed 18 percent over the past year. Figures published Wednesday by Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) show that 4,848 square kilometers (1,871 square miles) of forest - an area about the size of the state of Rhode Island or the country of Brunei - were cleared between August 2013 and July 2014. That compares to 5,891 square kilometers in the year earlier period and represents...
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Deforestation dropped 18% in Brazil's Amazon over past 12 months
2014-11-26 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Deforestation in the Amazon rain forest dropped 18% over the past 12 months, falling to the second-lowest level in a quarter century, Brazils environment minister said on Wednesday. Izabella Teixeira told participants at a news conference that 4,848 square kilometers (1,870 square miles) of rain forest were destroyed between August 2013 and July 2014. Thats a bit larger than the US state of Rhode Island. The figures were down from 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 square miles) razed during...
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Amazon deforestation moratorium extended 18 months
2014-11-25 19:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Brazilian soy industry has extended its deforestation moratorium for another 18 months. The moratorium, which was established in 2006 after a high-profile Greenpeace campaign, bars conversion of forests in Brazilian Amazon for soy production. Independent analysis has shown it to be highly effective - just prior to the moratorium, soy accounted for roughly a fifth of recent deforestation, while today its share is less than one percent. The moratorium's renewal had been in doubt. In January,...
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon 'surges 450%'
2014-11-18 00:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Deforestation in Brazil's storied Amazon basin region skyrocketed more than 450 percent in October from a year earlier, a non-governmental group warned Monday. The alarming loss was the equivalent of 24,000 football pitches, said Imazon, which works to support sustainable development in the massive and unique ecosystem. The group's Deforestation Alert System found that clearcutting in Brazil's nine Amazon basin states hit 244 square kilometers (94 square miles) for October. In October 2013 the...
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Pace of deforestation in Amazon continues to increase
2014-10-20 17:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Satellite data from NGO Imazon suggests that the rate of deforestation in the Amazon increased by 290% in September when compared to last year. Demand for commodities such as palm oil, animal feed and timber have driven tropical deforestation, with much of the practice being conducted illegally. The figures released indicate that 402 square kilometres of deforestation occurred in the Amazon last month, representing a 290% increase when compared to the 103 square kilometres of forest that was...
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