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Sounds like the Brazilian government is taking a step in the right direction. The Brazilian environment minister has come to an agreement with the grain industry to stop buying soy farmed on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest. The same kind of deal is planned for timber and beef industry.
I really hope this will slow down the deforestation of the Amazon as the deforestation has picked up this year after a few years of declining. In April 434 square miles of trees were cut down in the Amazon rainforest so something need to be done ASAP.
The current food crisis in the world will make it hard to protect the rainforests..
According to an article from newscientist.com it can take up to 4000 years for rainforests to fully regenerate.
The Federal University of Paraná studied different parts of the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Sadly this rainforest used to cover 1.2 million square kilometers, but only a measly 100,000 square kilometers of forest remain today. Researchers at the university looked at different parts of the rainforests to see how is was able to cope with human activity.
The good news is that certain aspects of this forest could recover in just 65 years, but it will probably take up to 4000 years for it to fully regenerate.
The rainforests need protection now!
Related to this news is this series of images on boston.com of Amazon Indians protesting plans to build a hydroelectric dam that will destroy their living grounds. These images are truly remarkable and we should really support these natives in their fight against the big corporations/government.
This is some very depressing news about the rainforests in Papua New Guinea. According to an article on bbc.co.uk satellite images have revealed how the rainforests in Papua New Guinea have been rapidly cut down over the last 30 years. If the deforestation continues at the same speed more than half of the country’s forests will be lost by 2021!
The rainforests in Papua New Guinea is actually the world’s third largest rainforest and contains an estimated 6-7% of the planet’s species so this region is very important.
Although there has been some conservation measurements to protect the area it seems to have failed because there are being cut down as many trees within the protected zones as there are outside them.
I hope the Papua new Guinea government takes this serious and really protect the important rainforests. The Western world should also help poorer countries since they often have their main income from natural resources like timber.
The big logging companies should be punished for their criminal behavior and be put out of business! One thing we as consumers can do is boycotting wood coming from endangered rainforests. Check out rainforestweb.org for more information on how you can help the rainforests.
