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World destroys 7 million hectares of forests per year, says UN

Forests occupy 31% of the planet's surface and are home to 80% of terrestrial biodiversity. Furthermore, more than 1,6 billion people depend on them for subsistence and income. However, in an event promoted by the United Nations (UN) – the Forum on Forests – experts warn that, every year, 7 million hectares of natural forests are converted to other uses. 🌳

➡️ Forests absorb and purify water, clean the air, capture carbon from the atmosphere — and thus help combat climate change — and also create the conditions necessary to produce our life-saving food and medicines. Check out 5 things you need to know about these ecosystems. 🌲

➡️ The document “Delicate Balance for the Brazilian Legal Amazon: An Economic Memorandum”, released by the World Bank last Tuesday (9), points out that deforestation in the Amazon region is linked to activities such as livestock farming, the expansion of the agricultural frontier and mining. And rampant deforestation could take the forest to a point where it would no longer be possible to reverse its harmful effects. 🌳

➡️ Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in April decreased by 68% compared to the same month last year, according to official figures released this Friday (12) which correspond to the best result since the beginning of President Lula's term. 🍃

➡️ While deforestation in the Amazon is falling, Cerrado lost – in the month of April alone – 708,58 km² of vegetation, an area larger than the capital of Bahia, Salvador (693 km²). 🍂

➡️ More than 4 million people have been affected by construction and dam failures in Brazil in the last 80 years. This number was released in the study “Health, water, energy, environment and work: weaving knowledge in the promotion of sustainable and healthy territories”, carried out by Fiocruz, in partnership with the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB).

➡️ The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency, warned of the great possibility of the El Niño phenomenon happening this year, which could take global temperatures to new records. The WMO stated that the world must prepare for the heat wave and other effects that are expected to hit the planet in 2024. 🌡️🌎

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➡️ It is difficult for anyone under the age of 40 to remember a time when the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere or the terms “greenhouse effect”, “global warming”, “climate change” and now “crisis climate change”, were not in the news. But information about the danger of CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere first traveled around the world exactly 70 years ago – completed this month. 📆

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