Curtailing the Destruction
As of 2011 the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has diminished for the third time in a row. This is good news that nobody expected because this contradicted the earlier prediction of spikes in the clearing of the rainforest. The government of Brazil is growing more and more environmentally conscious and is now retracting parts of Brazil’s old long-standing forest code. These changes include having several landowners to renew forests that had previously been cut down illegally within the next five years. All of these changes are helping others see that it is possible to restore parts of the rainforest within our lifetimes.
In the last 40 years more land in the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed than in the previous 450 years of European colonization combined Scott Wallace (2009). Farming the Amazon . [ONLINE] Available at: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/last-of-amazon/.
This figure is actually far less bad than it really is which is shocking. These figures do not account for all of the illegal logging being done in Brazil which is a large amount of the deforestation. Recently many corrupt corporations have tried settling with local governments to try to force their way into the rainforest however the government remains steadfast in its protection of the Amazon.
Throughout 2011 and 2012 the levels of deforestation have fallen tremendously and in July 2011 deforestation fell to its lowest point in 23 years. This is still very little land spared in comparison to all the land lost in only one year however it shows how well the environmental campaigns in Brazil are improving. The Brazilian is set to approve a new land law that will decrease the rate of deforestation and in turn show the world the true beauty of the preservation of earth’s natural beauty.
As of 2011 the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has diminished for the third time in a row. This is good news that nobody expected because this contradicted the earlier prediction of spikes in the clearing of the rainforest. The government of Brazil is growing more and more environmentally conscious and is now retracting parts of Brazil’s old long-standing forest code. These changes include having several landowners to renew forests that had previously been cut down illegally within the next five years. All of these changes are helping others see that it is possible to restore parts of the rainforest within our lifetimes.
In the last 40 years more land in the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed than in the previous 450 years of European colonization combined Scott Wallace (2009). Farming the Amazon . [ONLINE] Available at: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/last-of-amazon/.
This figure is actually far less bad than it really is which is shocking. These figures do not account for all of the illegal logging being done in Brazil which is a large amount of the deforestation. Recently many corrupt corporations have tried settling with local governments to try to force their way into the rainforest however the government remains steadfast in its protection of the Amazon.
Throughout 2011 and 2012 the levels of deforestation have fallen tremendously and in July 2011 deforestation fell to its lowest point in 23 years. This is still very little land spared in comparison to all the land lost in only one year however it shows how well the environmental campaigns in Brazil are improving. The Brazilian is set to approve a new land law that will decrease the rate of deforestation and in turn show the world the true beauty of the preservation of earth’s natural beauty.