The Amazon in crisis: Forest loss threatens the region and the …
Nov 8, 2022 · Consumers can change their consumption patterns and refuse to purchase products that drive deforestation and land conversion in the Amazon. Together, we can turn the tide on Amazon loss and shift toward social equity, …
Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest - ArcGIS StoryMaps
Dec 3, 2024 · Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest has been one of the biggest most critical issues we are facing. This report explores the root causes, consequences, and potential solutions of deforestation, guided by the frameworks of Political Ecology and Land Change Science.
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
Until 2015, approximately 8% of deforestation in the Amazon occurred within forests inhabited by indigenous peoples, while 88% occurred in areas outside of indigenous territories and protected areas, despite these areas comprising less than 50% of the total Amazon region.
The Amazon has survived changes in the climate for 65 million …
Feb 14, 2024 · The Amazon has proven resilient to natural changes in the climate for 65 million years, but deforestation and the human-caused climate crisis have brought new levels of stress and could...
Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system | Nature
Feb 14, 2024 · Keeping the Amazon forest resilient in the Anthropocene will depend on a combination of local efforts to end deforestation and degradation and to expand restoration, with global efforts to stop...
Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon Has Reached a Record High.
Aug 24, 2022 · Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest is threatening to accelerate past a point of no return. Countries and international organizations have called on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to...
A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We …
Feb 14, 2024 · Up to half of the Amazon rainforest could transform into grasslands or weakened ecosystems in the coming decades, a new study found, as climate change, deforestation and severe droughts like...
How deforestation is pushing the Amazon to a climate tipping …
Aug 26, 2022 · Scientists have warned that further deforestation could push the Amazon rainforest beyond a tipping point where the moisture and carbon balance of much of the …
Deforestation in the Amazon - Council on Foreign Relations
The Amazon was long considered the world’s largest carbon sink. But scientists say parts of the forest now emit more carbon dioxide than they can absorb, partly due to soaring deforestation...
How deregulation, drought and increasing fire impact Amazonian ...
Sep 1, 2021 · Deforestation has led to large amounts of habitat loss, and fires further exacerbate this already substantial impact on Amazonian biodiversity. Since 2001, 103,079–189,755 km 2 of Amazon...