Amazon deforestation
Jungle being cleared
Amazon deforestation is the clearing of rainforest in the Amazon basin, primarily in Brazil, for agriculture, cattle ranching, logging, and mining.
The Amazon is Earth's largest tropical rainforest, and its destruction has become a focal point of climate and environmental debates: Amazon deforestation reached record levels last year.
The phrase often appears in discussions of carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, and indigenous land rights.
- loggingRecording system events
- clear cuttingHarvesting entire forest stands
- soil erosionLoss of topsoil
- cattle ranchingRaising bovines commercially
- beef industryCommercial meat production sector
satellite monitoring · biodiversity loss · agriculture · species extinction · rural poverty · land grabbing · indigenous rights · climate change · tipping point · sustainable agriculture · carbon emissions · road construction · economic exploitation · gold mining · mining · habitat destruction · political corruption · eco-tourism
Amazon deforestationreforestation
Replanting depleted woodlands
afforestation · rewilding · tree planting · forest restoration
Amazon deforestationrainforest preservation
Safeguarding tropical woodland ecosystems
forest protection · ecosystem restoration · carbon sequestration · habitat protection · habitat restoration
Amazon deforestationsustainable forestry
Long-term timber management practice
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