Topic: News, politics and Activism
Between August of 2007 to July 2008 Brazil has reported an alarming 11,968 square kilometers of deforestation of the Amazon. To put it in perspective, nearly 1,250 square miles of canopy was chopped down in the last five months of 2007, an area roughly the size of Rhode Island.
Brazil is the fourth largest greenhouse gas emitter and deforestation and forest fires combined are responsible for 75% of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions. The reverberations, of which, can be felt worldwide in both its effect on pollution and on weather and climate conditions globally.
The Amazon is the world's largest absorber of Carbon Dioxide, holding nearly 86 cubic tons. This is the reason there is an environmental race to preserve the Amazon and end the deforestation of it's canopy.
I've posted the above video to this blog so that the reader can really appreciate how beautiful both the land and the people are in the Amazon.
Brazil is the fourth largest greenhouse gas emitter and deforestation and forest fires combined are responsible for 75% of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions. The reverberations, of which, can be felt worldwide in both its effect on pollution and on weather and climate conditions globally.
The Amazon is the world's largest absorber of Carbon Dioxide, holding nearly 86 cubic tons. This is the reason there is an environmental race to preserve the Amazon and end the deforestation of it's canopy.
I've posted the above video to this blog so that the reader can really appreciate how beautiful both the land and the people are in the Amazon.