Deforestation of the Amazon

The Amazon rainforest is in the south of the equator. It passes nine countries, but 60% is located in Brazil. The length of the Amazon River is 4,000 miles, which is about the same distance as New York and Berlin. The Amazon rainforest covers an area of ​​3 million square miles, equivalent to two thirds of the United States. The largest freshwater reservoir in the Amazon. A fifth of the water from the earth is here, and it is also the biggest biodiversity hotspot.

As a result, deforestation in the Amazon region is increasing again. According to the data released by the Brazilian government last August from 2017 to July this year, forest loss in the Amazon has increased nearly 14%. This is the world's largest tropical rain forest in the world's largest range of Amazon forests in ten years. Mr. Guy Edwards, a Latin American expert, co-director of Brown University Climate Development Institute, said that it is not advisable for Brazil to decide to withdraw from the economic conditions of the Summit. Cooperation agreement to promote growing low-carbon growth

In the 1990s, people were very concerned about Amazon's deforestation. According to the NASA Observatory, the Rhondian region in the western part of Brazil has become one of the most serious deforestation areas in the Amazon. The vegetation initially covers a land of 208,000 square kilometers, almost comparable to that of Kansas State. By 2003, however, forests had an area of ​​more than 140,000 square kilometers, or overall vegetation declined by 32.5%. Another recent example is that Brazil's deforestation rate has increased by 30% in recent months. The impact of wildlife loss and global warming is shocking

Over the past decade, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has fallen dramatically. In 2004, at the peak of deforestation, Amazon's tropical rainforests of up to 27,400 square kilometers were cut down within a year. This is almost the same as Massachusetts. By 2014 the deforestation rate in the Amazon region has declined to 4,800 square kilometers of forest annually. This is about a sixth of the peak in 2004. According to current policy, desire to reduce Amazon deforestation to zero in the next ten years