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Conversion of forest to non-forest for human use in Brazil

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  • conversion of forest to non-forest for human use in Brazil (en)
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  • Home to much of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's tropical primary (old-growth) forest loss greatly exceeds that of other countries. (en)
  • Overall, 20% of the Amazon rainforest has been "transformed" and another 6% has been "highly degraded", with Brazil having the highest percentage deforested or highly degraded of any Amazonia nation. (en)
  • A NASA satellite observation of deforestation near Rio Branco in Brazil, July 2000 (en)
  • The deforestation rate in Brazil surged by 72% during Bolsonaro's time in office, reflecting that Amazon development was his key policy position. (en)
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  • Brazil (en)
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  • 2021-02-13 (xsd:date)
  • August 2019 (en)
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  • Rainforest (en)
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  • 1988 (xsd:integer)
  • 2021 (xsd:integer)
  • 20220910 (xsd:integer)
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  • Cattle ranching, logging, climate change, mining, infrastructure development (en)
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  • Misunderstanding of the carbon binding effect of trees on co2 levels. An old forest that keeps a constant total mass has net zero oxygen production and co2 consumption. Trees die and rot away at the same rate new trees grow in an old forest. Cutting the forest down does however release the carbon bound in the wood into the atmosphere. (en)
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  • Deforestation in Brazil (en)
  • إزالة الغابات في البرازيل (ar)
  • Deforestación en Brasil (es)
  • Desmatamento no Brasil (pt)
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