The president of Brazil has promised to end the destruction of the world’s lungs. Under the previous president, logging accelerated.
From the Amazon rainforest in Brazil there is good news: the destruction of the forest was halved last year compared to the previous year, and the canopy was the lowest since 2018.
Government investigations reveal the matter. The information is excellent news for the country’s president, who has been in power for a year Luiz Inacio to Lula da Silvawhich has vowed to end massive deforestation in the Amazon by 2030.
The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world. The previous president Jair Bolsonaro during the reign, destruction accelerated at breakneck speed.
Last year, based on satellite data, an area equivalent to more than six cities the size of New York was lost from the rainforest, so the loss was still huge: more than 500,000 hectares.
According to the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, the reduction is still a step towards zero destruction in 2030.
The rainforest is described as the lungs of the world. It is being destroyed by illegal mining and illegal logging, which have pushed ever deeper into the rainforest, about 60 percent of which is located in Brazil.
Source: Reuters