???? Amazon has worst September in terms of deforestation alerts in the historical series
Data from the Deter system, from the Space Research Institute (Inpe), released this Friday (7), reveal that September recorded the largest area with deforestation alerts in the historical series for the month, with two days left until the 1st round of elections.
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Compared to 2021 (985 km²), September 2022 recorded 1.455 km² – equivalent to the size of the city of São Paulo – an increase of 48%.
The registered passed the numbers from September 2019, when the area with alerts reached 1.454 km². The destruction was concentrated in the state of Pará (36%), followed by Mato Grosso (23%), Amazonas (20%) and Rondônia (11%). In the accumulated period between January and September 2022, there was also a record in the historical series: a total area of 8.590 km², with Pará in first place with 33%, followed by Amazonas with 27%.
🌳 IBGE: loss of fields and forests in Brazil in 20 years is equivalent to 6% of the territory
The last two decades have been marked by the advance of the agricultural frontier and pasture areas over Brazilian forests and natural fields, such as the Cerrado.
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Adding forest deforestation and native grassland vegetation, Brazil lost 513,1 thousand square kilometers of these green areas from 2000 to 2020, the equivalent of 6% of the country's territory or the size of four states combined: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná and Sergipe.
The loss of green area, especially in the Amazon Forest, is the main source of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. Because of this, Brazil has been under foreign pressure to reduce deforestation and avoid the acceleration of deforestation. global warming – scientists warn that the deadline to avoid a climate catastrophe is running out.
In the last two years investigated alone (2019 and 2020), 23.368 km² of fields and natural forests were lost, an area larger than that of the State of Sergipe. Of the total, 13.527 km² of forests were deforested in the two-year period: 60,8% of this became a mosaic of occupations in forest areas and another 39,2% became managed pasture. Of the countryside vegetation, which includes the Cerrado, almost all of it was destined for agricultural cultivation and pastures.
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The data is part of the surveys Environmental Economic Accounts of the Land and Monitoring of Land Cover and Use in Brazil. These numbers were released this Friday (7) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
What gained ground in the country was agriculture and livestock: the agricultural area grew 50,1% in two decades, 229,9 thousand km² more, while managed pasture areas expanded by 27,9% – 247 thousand km² more. Forestry (forests planted to supply cellulose and wood production) grew 71,4% – 36 thousand km² more. Regional data – which uses satellite images, among other sources – shows that the The Amazon and the Cerrado were most affected by deforestation.
“Usually the forest is cut down, managed pasture is implemented, and after the managed pasture is more stabilized, agriculture comes. Because it is a very high cost to cut down the forest and start agriculture”, explains Fernando Dias, manager of Land Monitoring and Research at IBGE.
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“In these 20 years it was possible to observe this, this dynamic of converting native vegetation into pasture, and from pasture to agriculture”, adds Ivone Batista, manager of Environmental Accounts and Statistics at IBGE. “Removing the forest is more costly.”
Access IBGE portal and check the complete data and other conclusions of the survey.
🔥 Drought in the Northern Hemisphere
Um study of the Word Weather Attribution (WWA) pointed out that climate change drove high temperatures in this year's Northern Hemisphere summer.
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The survey revealed that these changes – caused by increasing deforestation – make drought conditions 20 times more likely, in addition to threatening the region's food and energy security.
Europe recorded around 24 deaths related to this year's summer heatwaves, considered one of the hottest in history. Furthermore, the region faces extreme drought, water shortages and fires, which were the worst ever recorded on the continent.
🌱 Chamada Floresta+ Acceleration is now open for registration
The Call seeks businesses to participate in the Floresta+ Acceleration Program, which aims to strengthen and support enterprises with socio-environmental impact that contribute to the creation and consolidation of the environmental services market and other approaches that promote the conservation, recovery and sustainable use of native vegetation, as well as generating income for providers of environmental services, strengthening the impact ecosystem of the Amazon region.
The initiative is promoted by the Ministry of the Environment and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and its implementing partners are Idesam, AMAZ and Sense-Lab.
Registration for the Business Call is open from October 4th to October 31st. The complete regulations and application form can be accessed at official website of the initiative.
Individual entrepreneurs, community-based businesses, cooperatives and associations of producers and extractivists, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and companies in an advanced stage of business development, in which the products and/or or services are market tested and ready to scale.
The organization or business must be located in the Legal Amazon States or operate in the region, be focused on forest conservation, biodiversity and socio-environmental development, and cannot have partisan political objectives.
Furthermore, it is sought that at least 40% of the initiatives covered must be led by women, have over 50% of them on their team or have women as the main final beneficiaries.
Initiatives that fit into one or more of the following themes will be accepted:
- Payments for Environmental Services (PSA): projects and technologies for surveillance; monitoring and fighting fires; financial platforms, instruments and mechanisms for efficient and secure PSA transactions; other solutions associated with the PSA market.
- Upright Forest Economy: innovations for products, services and production chains that generate income from forest conservation; solutions for recovering degraded areas with income generation; promotion and sustainable production of forestry products; platforms and innovations for financing activities compatible with vegetation recovery and conservation; solutions in basic technology, such as internet access and sustainable production.
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