🌳 The biggest deforestation in the Legal Amazon in 15 years
The area of Amazon Forest deforested in 2022 was the largest in the last 15 years, announced the Amazon Institute of Man and Environment (Imazon), this Wednesday (17).
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From August 2021 to July 2022, 10.781 km² of forest were felled, which is equivalent to seven times the city of São Paulo.
This is an area 3% larger than that recorded in the last calendar, between August 2020 and July 2021. The data are from the Deforestation Alert System (SAD) of the Amazon Institute for Man and Environment (Imazon).
Added together, the areas destroyed in the last two calendars reached 21.257 km², almost the size of the state of Sergipesystem. (G1)
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🌱 England must reduce meat consumption to avoid climate collapse
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Henry Dimbleby – lead member of the non-executive board of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – stated that the only way to have sustainable land use and avoid ecological collapse is to greatly reduce meat and dairy consumptionsystem. (The Guardian*)
Dimbleby told the Guardian that while asking the public to eat less meat – supported by a mix of incentives and penalties – was politically toxic, it was the only way to meet the country's climate and biodiversity goals.
According to the report, currently, 85% of agricultural land in England is used as pasture for animals or to grow food that becomes food for livestock.
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The expert believes a 30% reduction in meat over 10 years is necessary for land to be used sustainably in England.
“If we fail to do this we will not be able to meet our biodiversity or climate targets in this country. We also have a great opportunity to show thought leadership around the world and show them that it can be done, that we can farm sustainably and still feed people,” said Dimbleby.
Learn more about how reducing meat consumption can help the environment:
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- Reduce your meat consumption: Less meat, more forests, more health (Greenpeace Brazil)
- For a more sustainable world, we need to reduce meat consumption (Journal of USP)
- How meat became a 'villain' in climate change and became the target of COP26 (G1)
🍃 Series denies environmental fake news in the elections
“The truth is quite the opposite: Brazil is the country that deforests the most. Currently, more than 40% of the deforestation of primary tropical forests in the world takes place in Brazil.”
On the day that marked the beginning of the electoral campaign period (16), the Fakebook.eco released the first video of a series that will address ten of the lies about the environment but present in candidate speeches. (Climate Observatory)
The first episode of the series is narrated by actress and presenter Marina Person who explains why, contrary to what some politicians say, Brazil is not the country that preserves the most in the world.
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