New Amazonian Atlas reveals that a third of the rainforest is threatened
Slash and burn deforestation is one of the principal threats to the regional environment. | AP A third of the Amazonian rainforest is threatened by extreme pressure. For the last few years, the deterioration has intensified. The following is a special interview with Julia Jacomini from a publication of the Amazonian Network of Socioenvironmental Information ( RAISG ), which puts the latest data about the rainforest into perspective, in the first additions to the original document published in 2012. Atlas nder Pressure was released on Dec. 8 by the Socioenvironmental Institute (ISA). The docu...
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