Deforestation in the Amazon is reduced by 28% compared to 2016

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Deforestation is one of the great environmental problems that causes an increase in the greenhouse effect and, therefore, a higher average temperature on the planet. Part of the large amounts of CO2 emitted on a global scale are absorbed during the photosynthesis process by plants and trees. However, the Amazon, known as the lung of the planet, is being cut down and disappearing.

These days it is being celebrated the Bonn Climate Summit (COP23) and in it they have talked about the proposals to flesh out the Paris Agreement. In addition, topics such as deforestation of Amazonian Protected Areas and its impact. What is the panorama of the Amazon with the indiscriminate felling of trees?

Deforestation reduction

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In the meetings held at COP23, issues of deforestation in the Amazon have been addressed. It is stated that in this month of July the deforestation rate in the Amazon is 28% lower than in August 2016 and the second minor since 1997.

These figures have been given thanks to data from the Satellite Monitoring Program for Deforestation in the Amazon (Prodes). Since the Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Deforestation in the Legal Amazon was launched in 2004, deforestation has been reduced by 76%, according to this study.

Actions to reduce impacts

These practices and actions that are being carried out are effective, since the number of trees that are cut down is being reduced. The fundamental thing that the Amazon has is to generate a green economy and not that indiscriminate logging. In this context, two financial cooperation agreements have been announced with two European countries to help improve the preservation of the environment in their territory.

The UK has signed an agreement to contribute 70 million euros for forest programs and Germany will offer 61 million euros for the Amazon Fund.


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