Ninety-one percent of the total is located in the Amazon, mainly in the far north of the region, followed by the pantanal. Roraima, Amazonas, and Pará are the most affected states.
Restaura Caatinga aims to disseminate technical knowledge, train seed collectors and restore forests from degraded ecosystems.Project is aligned with the UN Decade of Ecosystems Recovery
Sunday was Brazil’s Forest Protection Day and Curupira Day. July 19 is National Football Day. Also this week, the Brazilian Academy of Letters is turning 125 years old.
The announcement of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use include the reduction of deforestation and soil degradation by 2030 and approximately $19 billion in public and private financing.
Brazil’s government statistics agency IBGE today (Mar. 26) published a study showing that the country lost 7.6 percent of its forest vegetation from 2000 to 2018.