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The Amazon is the largest tropical forest in the world, covering a massive area of 844 million hectares, comparable to the size of China. Its ecosystem plays a crucial role for the planet by storing carbon, preventing its accumulation in the atmosphere and, therefore, regulating global temperature and the water cycle. However, the Amazon faces…
RAISG analyzes the main drivers of forest loss in the Amazon region and points out where actions should be focused to reverse the trend and protect the integrity of the world’s most extensive and biodiverse tropical forest.
The Amazon is currently going through a complex situation, not only in the global context of climate change but also due to the loss of biodiversity and threats to its socio-cultural richness. The voracious use of natural resources and activities such as mining, together with the exploitation of gas and oil have brought the region…
Over the past two decades, the studies carried out by RAISG show that the tipping point of the Amazon is not a future scenario, but a current one. We know that the protection of 80 % of the Amazon is not only possible and necessary, but also urgent, and we have highlighted the role of…