Nedhuggningen av regnskog i Amazonas har ökat något 2013 och ytterligare 2014. Vi får hoppas att det bara är tillfälligt. Kommentaren till bilden hämtad från www.mongabay.com lyder så här:

DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL: 60-70 percent of deforestation in the Amazon results from cattle ranches while the rest mostly results from small-scale subsistence agriculture. Despite the widespread press attention, large-scale farming (i.e. soybeans) currently contributes relatively little to total deforestation in the Amazon. Most soybean cultivation takes place outside the rainforest in the neighboring cerrado grassland ecosystem and in areas that have already been cleared. Logging results in forest degradation but rarely direct deforestation.

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