Under the administration of the ultra-right ex-president, Jair Bolsonarothe Amazon in Brazil is disappearing faster and faster due to deforestation.
A report from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) revealed that, compared to December 2021, deforestation on land in the Amazon increased by 150%.
Satellite monitoring detected 218.4 square kilometers of forest cover destroyed last month in Brazil’s part of the world’s largest rainforest, compared to 87.2 square kilometers deforested in December 2021.
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Under the government of Bolsonaro, an agribusiness ally and climate change denier, average annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 75.5% over the previous decade.
Deforestation in 2022 was also at record levels during the dry season months (August, September and October), when logging and fires often increase due to drier weather.
These fires sparked a wave of criticism against the former president, who was replaced on January 1 by Lula da Silvathe leftist president who has vowed to fight deforestation when he takes office.
“There will be no climate security if the Amazon is not protected,” said Lula, who added that all the crimes committed against the jungle in his country, from illegal logging to mining, will be fought “relentlessly” at the Climate Summit of the UN COP27. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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