Brazil’s Amazon deforestation surges to worst in 15 years

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Can't wait for Lula to kick that scumbag out.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The area deforested in Brazil’s Amazon reached a 15-year high after a 22% jump from the prior year, according to official data published Thursday.

The National Institute for Space Research’s Prodes monitoring system showed the Brazilian Amazon lost 13,235 square kilometers of rainforest in the 12-month reference period from Aug. 2020 to July 2021. That’s the most since 2006.

The 15-year high flies in the face of Bolsonaro government’s recent attempts to shore up its environmental credibility, having made overtures to the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden and moved forward its commitment to end illegal deforestation at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow this month.

Before Jair Bolsonaro’s term began in Jan. 2019, the Brazilian Amazon hadn’t recorded a single year with more than 10,000 square kilometers of deforestation in over a decade. Between 2009 and 2018, the average was 6,500 square kilometers. Since then, the annual average leapt to 11,405 square kilometers, and the three-year total is an area bigger than the state of Maryland.

“It is a shame. It is a crime,” Márcio Astrini, executive secretary of the Climate Observatory, a network of environmental nonprofit groups, told The Associated Press. “We are seeing the Amazon rainforest being destroyed by a government which made environmental destruction its public policy.”

https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-forests-environment-environment-and-nature-e9ed2edec21e83449dbcad31e412fc71?traffic_source=Connatix

[Red Velvet]

Lmao I wonder how much longer the US government will maintain itself “neutral” in regards Bolsonaro, the most pro-US president Brazil has ever had but at the same time the most homicidal and suicidal.

They pretended to believe the fake “good numbers” Bozo was selling in order to say and do nothing but the undeniable worsening of the deforestation puts their silent support of Bolsonaro as something that questions their true commitment in regards climate change. As expected, just a bunch of “blah blah blah” from them.

Meanwhile, the Lula tour in Europe has been a big success, with speeches in the EU parliament; receiving a bunch of awards in France especially and having meetings with figures like Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron (who received Lula with Chief of State honors, as if he was actual president of Brazil, in a very direct shade to Bolsonaro!)

In October, Macron didn’t even want to receive the Brazil Chancellor appointed by Bolsonaro and now he extends the red carpet to Lula. The Brazilian government and the right-wingers here got very pissed with this.

In the center of Lula agenda in Europe there are discussions about the protection of environment; reduction of poverty and social inequalities and the stimulation of Latin American unity. He apparently also talked with Macron about the need of a global strategy to contain the rise of the far-right.

[CumbrianLefty]

Brazil "agreed" to the COP26 proposals, though. So this must be fake news, surely

[Frodo]

EXCLUSIVE: Lula pushes Brazil-Indonesia-Congo rainforest alliance if elected

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's aides are reaching out to Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to form a united front of countries with the most tropical rainforest at this year's U.N. climate talks if the leftist wins a new term.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, will be held in November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Lula is the frontrunner in opinion polls ahead of Brazil's October election.

Lula's idea is to build an alliance - which could later be expanded - to push for resolutions to help developing countries preserve their forests and pressure rich countries into contributing to the cost, a top Lula aide said.

Aloizio Mercadante, who is in charge of Lula's campaign program, said the policy team is especially focused on the details of a global carbon market and ways to finance conservation and sustainable development in rainforest regions.

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Lula is probably the first anti-American socialist candidate I've ever supported, which is an indictment over Ballsanaro

[dead0man]

I get that the Amazon is huge, but it's still weird to me than we've been hearing about it being destroyed for 40+ years.  I'm not saying it's not an issue, I'm not saying it should be destroyed (obviously), it's just weird that it's taking so long.

[CumbrianLefty]

It really is that simple, its taking that long because it *is* huge.

The actual tropical forest area is maybe not much more than half what it was 50 years ago.

[Red Velvet]

It really is that simple, its taking that long because it *is* huge.

The actual tropical forest area is maybe not much more than half what it was 50 years ago.

That’s an overstatement. Deforestation is a problem that should be taken very seriously, but this topic always gets exaggerated by high heavens by international community.

Deforestation Areas on 2013 in comparison to 1970:



This is in 40+ years. You would need to find another map for the last 10 years to see the impact of Bolsonaro government, but while I do absolutely think there was significantly faster advance in this time, most of the forest is intact. But if deforestation keeps advancing constantly, one day the forest definitely won’t exist, regardless if it’s by 2100 or 2200.