Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell 56.8% in September compared to a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, while the region is struggling with a historic drought.
  • @[email protected]English
    11•1 year ago

    That’s impressive. You can say what you want, but at least the government is finally doing something.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    SAO PAULO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell 56.8% in September compared to a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, while the region is struggling with a historic drought.

    The total area cleared in the Amazon in the first nine months of the year fell 49.5%, according to preliminary data from Brazilian space research agency INPE.

    Ending illegal deforestation is a priority of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration both internationally and domestically, after destruction in the rainforest surged under his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.

    In September, Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva announced at the United Nations Summit in New York more ambitious climate targets for the country.

    The drought has led water levels of key rivers of the region to fall and hindered local communities’ access to food and drinking supplies.

    Last month, Switzerland and the United States donated $8.4 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund to help preserve the world’s largest tropical rainforest.

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