The #Amazon loses 2,000 soccer fields per day

source: https://atarde.com.br/brasil/amazonia-perde-2-mil-campos-de-futebol-por-dia-1198360

The month of May 2022 registered 1,476 km² of cleared area, corresponding to 44% of the total area lost in the first five months of the year, which confirms the unbridled evolution of #deforestation. The state of #Amazonas leads the extraction of native #vegetation with 553 km², 38% of the total deforestation in #Brazil in the period. More than double the 264 km² registered in 2021.

The problem here is the tipping point. At a certain point, the forest can no longer regenerate and the whole area inevitably becomes a desert.

---

#environment #climate #forest #tree #problem #economy #politics