One fifth of the Amazon rainforest lost to deforestation | BBC News

[@JohnSSSSS]

"agriculture" Why didn't he say cattle grazing, and crops to feed said cattle?

[@tonchanthol5329]

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[@dltn42]

Where are the European Forests? ... Millions of People Live in Amazon

[@rabidL3M0NS]

Meatheads will say “ThE sOy CrOpS aRe UsEd To FeEd VeGaNs!” 🐄🐄🐄🐄

[@Otmjv]

​​@@dltn42They cut the forests of europe down in the bronze age, it has had disasterous effects and now europe is burning and flooding. they did this in a time when they didnt know better. What is brazil's excuse? They know better, it is purely greed, not ignorance.

[@alvaroludolf]

Because there are no cattle grazing in the land that was previously rainforest. Meat is produced in the south grasslands and milk in the south east cerrado. But you are right on one thing. The forest is been destroyed to produce food for the cattle, just that we are talking about European and Chinese animals. Brazilian cattle culture is extensive, mostly left to feed from pasture. Honestly, the best option for Brazil would be indeed to stop producing soy for Europe and their animals would starve. Then they would be forced to remove the barriers they put to buy Brazilian meet. But Brazilian land owners are too dumb to see a foot in front of their noses so we continue to destroy our greatest asset so French cows can eat in winter.

[@judewarner1536]

This is unregulated capitalism.

[@AspieMe]

Omg... You don't know Brazil nor Lula and his fellas.

[@Caneandunable]

Pull your girl pants up

[@belladonnatook8851]

As usual.

[@Man.from.the.90sgeneration]

The Far Right

[@belladonnatook8851]

@@AspieMe That's rather presumptuous.

[@djayjp]

When will people realize that wilderness = wealth....

[@shubashuba9209]

It's literally the opposite. The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most inhospitable environments and barely anyone can live in it.

[@Homeless-mma]

All those resources are for humans we own earth so all those resources belong to rich humans money is more important than life mine and yours

[@spotty67]

When will people realize that you can't spend money without air to breath.

[@SpecialLandService]

@@shubashuba9209They just need the woods, not land.

[@InsistentlyInterdisciplinary]

It's true, but not so straightforward and we need to be better as a global community at elucidating this.

[@justintai8725]

This truly frightens me 😮😢

[@Bungle-UK]

Get a grip.

[@InsistentlyInterdisciplinary]

It is terrifying as you see it happening in front of your eyes.

[@Chitha113]

Atleast help, why not america help? With so much money?

[@onenation8707]

Lungs of the Earth. Once it's gone, we all die.

[@tonchanthol5329]

❤

[@jackt1400]

Who cares when Governments and Corporations are pocketing monetary profits.

[@dltn42]

This is a LIE, If Europe and USA stop polluting and pay for the Carbon emitted so the other countries dont need to do so, we can start to talk.

[@alvaroludolf]

Erm... the oceans are the longs of Earth, the Amazon consumes almost all the oxygen generated by it. In terms of biodiversity and climate control on the other hand, yeah, once it's gone, we all die.

[@jenson1569]

We’d be fine if it disappeared, ocean makes more oxygen

[@MATTE.U.K]

Talk about suicidal is this planet this dumb?

[@belladonnatook8851]

It certainly appears so. 😢

[@Waroyopfami]

​​@@belladonnatook8851 Brazil is this dumb. All they know about is phonk and girls filled with plastic

[@judewarner1536]

@MATTE.U.K Just the extreme capitalists who think that the world's resources are bottomless and placed by God to be exploited for profit... until they're gone!

[@jaaksavat7916]

When corruption and greed don't care about Mother Earth, when more is never enough and sustainability a dirty word

[@SGL2060]

God gives us what we need, not what we greed for 😢

[@stevemaynards.g.t]

This have got to Stop.....NOW.

[@tonchanthol5329]

❤❤❤

[@dltn42]

Well, are you suggestion the millions of People living on Amazon stop eating?

[@osmanfadil2451]

Go stop it brave keyboard warrior

[@alvaroludolf]

@@dltn42 Yeah, because the indigenous people of the Amazon are know for eating wood from the trees!!!

[@Bungle-UK]

Well, if Steve says so…..

[@gerardgallagher4427]

That used to be a rain forest,But now everbody getting more and more rain.😮

[@InsistentlyInterdisciplinary]

I was in the middle of this deforestation in western Loreto province as well as parts of eastern San Martín both in Perú. It is tragic. People deserve an income, but we need to find a better solution.

[@ruefulradical77]

12.5% of cover lost ... "17% deforestation" ... 1/5 =20% of Amazon lost? What?

[@Callum19900901]

i didnt understand those figures neither

[@Waroyopfami]

It means that the forest grew back by 4.5%

[@This.Heres.A.URL.Handle]

... How are you Americans still alive right now? That's literally simple math.

[@Callum19900901]

@@This.Heres.A.URL.Handle Its clearly not. Perhaps with a caviat it could be, but the numbers themselves dont make sense and are not "simple maths".

[@steveneggleston236]

I was just wondering what the hell was going on

[@Legal451]

The international court of justice should take initiative against such a big criminal act to destroy the lungs of the nature

[@slobiden.2593]

Oceans are a much bigger priority for that role mate.

[@alvaroludolf]

@@slobiden.2593 While at this they should also take initiative against the nuclear weapons, resource stealing, weapon supplying, greenhouse gasses emotions, etc... you know, the things that affect the entire world, are more important and nobody gives a fuck about because they happen in rich countries and not one in the Global South.

[@dvidclapperton]

The Thrump backed Balsonaro tried to make the Amazon disappear completely.

[@Caneandunable]

@@alvaroludolfOh grow up you thicko.

[@nomadedoasfalto]

A começar pelo seu país.....

[@rainforest_eye]

We’re at turning point. Something needs to be done. Time for reforestation.

[@outdoorsy01]

We keep complaining and do nothing. Let's complain some more

[@bentownsend4017]

Climate change is the biggest issue but yeah

[@scottishook6339]

I swear man kind will never learn

[@solomit1]

So sad we are destroying our planet and all wonderful animals , amazon forest is millions years old once its gone thats it 💔

[@xXx.......]

Corporate greed is to blame

[@caninekathy7740]

Man’s greed and power overcomes the needs of humanity and nature

[@memeXavier]

We all born to die but not so early 😂

[@boris8787]

Imagine if Brazil was exactly like my favourite town. ❤❤❤

[@ericjayfederizo3549]

No wonder the world is now experiencing extremely heat and heavy rains more super storms.

[@pingdong7515]

couldn't see the difference while the picture moved.

[@micky6312]

The uk used to be forested from top to bottom, who are we to tell Brazil not to cut down their forests...

[@joblogos2367]

Before we knew better.

[@ttuliorancao]

@@joblogos2367 Then if you guys know better now, you should start removing your farms and returning it to nature. Oh, it will impact your economic output? Blimey! Let's force the poorer nations to keep their forests instead.

[@spotty67]

Not correct . The U.K. was not forest from top to bottom. Neither is that an excuse to slaughter the earth's forests.

[@joblogos2367]

@@spotty67 The UK was pretty much covered by forest. Where have you got the idea that it wasn't?

[@nomadedoasfalto]

É sempre o mesmo discurso paises que devastaram suas florestas completamente se acham no direito de criticar os outros.....

[@delowerhossain2343]

Because of deforestation.. The World temperature going to be increase day bay day

[@iankleber6710]

This is sad

[@YusukeYamamoto-d5q]

Catherine, Princess of Wales' dog provided support amid health battle

[@SockMonkeyofcourse]

Procter & Gamble...still the #1 user of Amazonian rain forest trees? Enjoy your Charmin and Brawny folks.

[@tonchanthol5329]

❤🎉🎉

[@judewarner1536]

Paper, including toilet paper is made from sustainable softwood pine trees grown industrially in managed forests. Nothing to do with rainforest hardwoods. Amazonian hardwood paper: another well-known "fact" that just ain't true.

[@belladonnatook8851]

Boycott them! Don't buy their products.

[@1984sebb]

It's cut down to create agricultural land to help feed the massive human overpopulation of the world...

[@slobiden.2593]

If only the BBC cared about the British people and their displacement over trees in another continent.

[@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier]

? Forest more important to the world Nothinf personall Maybe th3 colonies the reason i wrote this Who cares , save amazon3 first

[@JohnnyAngel8]

Feeling neglected, are you?

[@Jonekkk933]

uk is not much better in not destroying wildlife ecosystems

[@Debbie-henri]

Better to put both maps side by side rather than change from one to another, because it didn't look like too much changed (also, include a to scale map of Britain beside South America, so people in the UK can visualise the extent of change better). I'm sure the changes are really bad and very concerning in real life, but on a tablet screen (which is what most people will have these days), it looks almost negligible.

[@Gustavosilva-tr9tr]

England and germany should give example and reflorest their areas….

[@sahilsagar4817]

Are you stupid or Just a bot? Do you think Trees and the ecosystem that are centuries old same as just reforesting and growing some random ass trees?

[@xevicxavier9802]

This is not good at all. On the map, it shows there has been a reduction in the area of the Amazon rainforest but I think it won't be correct to say it was big or small.

[@吉村幹大]

I guess we have to consider what we need.

[@roshan-s2z]

May be the neighbouring countries unite to protect this precious resources. I wonder why do they destroy it.

[@AlexisFernie]

this was used for mt geography homework

[@tonyhinesartist]

Animal agriculture specifically… beef

[@patryk2338]

If I had a crown 👑 that forest would never be cut down it's horrible and sad too see

[@toekkababy5329]

Again no word about overpopulation

[@WaldoTheWombat]

Whay can we do?

[@brentmclovin9332]

Well I will no longer order anything from Amazon

[@omery.8342]

We will all pay the consequences of this

[@Xx-he9qe]

Check the percentage of forest in uk….

[@Legal451]

Save the world stop yourself...... What can we do without our lungs?

[@nomadedoasfalto]

A Amazônia não é o pulmão do mundo porque pulmão não fabrica oxigênio......

[@ValerioCordeirodossantos-wb7yl]

EU ACHO QUE VOCÊ PRECISA LER NO GOOGLE SOBRE O BRASILEIRO DALTON ELERY GIRAO BARROSO W87 2009 WIKILEAKS E VOCÊ DEVERIA LER NO GOOGLE TAMBÉM SOBRE 8 DE ABRIL DE 2023, MINISTRO RUSSO, SERGEY LAVROV, 2 AVIOES DE CARGAS MiSTERIOSAS AO BRASIL. O BRASIL DEVE TER SGORA EM 2024, CERCA DE 126 OGIVAS NUCLEARES.

[@MSN1701]

Its because of sanctions and tariffs

[@U.m.car.a]

I born in Brazil😢

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

Agriculture and cattle industry sterilizes the biome that defines regional hydrology. It’s not just the Amazon transformating into savanna. The rainfall that has disappeared from the Mediterranean and the vast flooding too is the result of flying the skin of the Earth, destroying soil and the landscape that lives upon it. Ecology defines its own weather. By paving it over and otherwise sterilizing it with monoculture, the financial and industrial global economy inflicts relentless Biblical weather. If we wish to survive agriculture must be restored to the local level where it can be 6 to 100x more productive than industrial farms. It can feed localities it is not amendable to profit cash crops. This is why it is ignored

[@ngoc_ngoc262]

lungs of the Earth

[@tdotc]

earth will survive us and recover, eventually

[@tamasdmmolnar9450]

They don't care..

[@JoutarouKuujou1]

Amazon is great

[@lfeb]

Awful

[@BumberClarke]

That’s Down to the local community

[@Aikohitoshi]

I thought Lula was going to fix this when he got elected? He didn't? Mild shock!

[@frankalves4286]

He is trying, but 60% of Brazilian legislative is against him. They represent the interests of the people making money with the deforestation.

[@Wellington-r9l]

Ele não tá fazendo nada.

[@GrandpaVince]

The amazon is a gigantic rainforest located in Brazil near the old south America way

[@dvidclapperton]

Low pressure systems have been forced away from what was Amazon rainforest now concreted over.

[@IconicPotionz]

you have mostly American companies that try to cut down their trees

[@DieNibelungenliad]

Name em

[@ButterflyG673]

What a joke this comment is 😂

[@JulieCraven-c8d]

Wel, why is it being done who is allowing it to happen? It's alright, saying it is happening, but the power's that be should be made to stop

[@tonchanthol5329]

🎉🎉🎉

[@rabidL3M0NS]

Go vegan, half the cleared land is being used for cattle ranches, the other half is used as cropland to feed livestock.

[@dltn42]

Why UK, Europe and USA Polutted the World by DECADES and everyone permited? ... Now you want the millions of People Living on Amazon to stop eating?

[@DieNibelungenliad]

Ranchers, farmers, loggers, miners, and other landowners.

[@ValerioCordeirodossantos-wb7yl]

Dia 08 de abril de 2023, o ministro russo de nome Sergey lavrou, vendeu 102 ogivas nucleares pro BRASIL por 8 bilhões se DOLARES E antes disso o Brasil já tinha 5 ogivas nucleares de hidrogênio w87 DO doutor brasileiro Dalton Elery Girao Barroso.

[@MemeKing-e4d]

Lefty Luna has sped things up 🤬

[@jamespatrickmcinch2519]

Your talking rubbish the opposite is true.😉😘

[@frankalves4286]

No! Lula is really trying, but 60% of Brazilian legislative is against him. They represent the interests of the people making money with the deforestation. When Bolsonaro was the President, he was in favor this guys.

[@Craig969]

I hope so I’m tired of see trees there

[@jackt1400]

This is the reason why nature is punishing humans.

[@HochgeborenKlown]

Stupid world...

[@patriciawilson2013]

Animals, plants, insects, water all gone. We’re next after what’s left of the lungs of this planet are gone. Some of us have no intelligence at all. NONE!!! 😡🤬😭

[@Zesty600]

Im not religious,but thats because i dont believe,but im open to opinions,but with the amount of rain we are getting,i wouldn't be surprised if there was another great flood on earth because of humanity's greed

[@ethantang9877]

Unless guys don't put on fire in amazon or we were doomed

[@Maxwell-mv9rx]

Why he doesnt Focus in Amazon solutions. Why he is emocional stress picture Amazon reality negatively? Insane . Amazon enemy is governement corruption.

[@Over.loadeD]

And then You asking why floods, hurricane and and all sort new climate changes in places never seen before 👏 cut more....

[@kevinjames632]

And thay blame British cows

[@dltn42]

Britain Polluted the World by decades ... UK should stop emitting any CO2

[@davecooper3238]

I did not realise they could handle chainsaws.

[@TonyG-z4t]

The cows are all right...I blame the udders!

[@Happy_Buddah_Bonsai_UK]

Very very bad news 😢

[@theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160]

Humans will be the only animals in this jungle, if we don't protect it for serious actions.

[@avinashluha188]

REFORESTATION 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳IN AMAZON OF CAN HELP TO SAVE AMAZON FOREST 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

[@ndlz1]

Then these idiots don’t expect weather catastrophes to happen ALL OVER the world. Keep at it!

[@ValerioCordeirodossantos-wb7yl]

Cadê as florestas de vocês? Digite no Google dia 08 de abril de 2023, Sergey LAVROV no Brasil, CARGA e digite também doutor elery Girao Barroso, 2009 W87.

[@dvidclapperton]

Can planting 10's of 1000's of new trees return the Amazon to its former glory?

[@sahilsagar4817]

Sadly no man,Most of these trees are centuries old and so crucial to the ecosystem, we just can't plant new trees and replace them

[@AdrianCHOY]

Nothing much deforested

[@djayjp]

Don't eat beef!!!!!!

[@InsistentlyInterdisciplinary]

This would help loads! I saw even small-scale cow-fields require deforestation whereas much other small-scale agriculture does not require nearly the land nor the resources to maintain.

[@gambeeno817]

Boycott Brazillian beef

[@tiocroc4814]

what about european forests? those are still being deflorestated.

[@gambeeno817]

@@tiocroc4814 I agree! But Brazil is the most biodiverse place on earth! The loss of this place will be a huge loss for humanity,

[@tiocroc4814]

@@gambeeno817 If we consider all European biomes together they are bigger and have more species than the Amazon. Let's boycott European industries and farms as well then.

[@gambeeno817]

@@tiocroc4814 Untrue, tropical regions have more biodiversity than nontropical regions like Europe. Western Europe barely has any forest left due to agriculture and that's their loss.

[@fredo1070]

The BBC said the Amazon rainforest would disappear by 1999.

[@DieNibelungenliad]

Wow, it's almost as if the report based its finding on trends at the time, and as it turns out, trends have changed.

[@dvidclapperton]

None it should ever have been allowed to be replaced by capitalist projects on concrete.

[@Bungle-UK]

The BBC also said it wasn’t full of perverts 🤣

[@dvidclapperton]

​​ Still far too much of the Amazon has disappeared. 20 storey office blocks and gridlocked roads with trsffic polluting the environment situated exactly where jaguars and other precious wildlife once gloriously roamed is devastating and heartbreaking, and a huge crime against wildlife. Reverse the capitalist dvelopments to bring back the old weather patterns.

[@FirstLast-tp8bm]

Weather Man: "It's raining, we're going to get wet." Me: *opens an umbrella* You: "We're not getting wet! The weather man was wrong!"

[@nn-fz9ch]

It is largest than a country

[@MyTam90]

Lula is worst than Bolsonaro for sure

[@frankalves4286]

No! Lula is really trying, but 60% of Brazilian legislative is against him. They represent the interests of the people making money with the deforestation. When Bolsonaro was the President, he was in favor this guys.

[@MrDonster]

Colonism capitalism same people

[@bobbbb1447]

😢😢

[@JasonPutschker-xw9uf]

Mining is definitely the main reason for removing the trees

[@InsistentlyInterdisciplinary]

Often there are illegal mines (and legal ones) at the root of this... but much of it is also small-scale or mid-scale from smaller companies or large ones acting in smaller areas... but also just normal people making a living off cows etc... which makes this whole issue rather complicated on the ground. I was there watching it all take place, the problem is clear, the solutions less-so. I hope we can find some.

[@zolisamaine3518]

Capitalism and pie

[@StacyInLove1]

🥀

[@nonasmith2405]

Every time you eat a burger from a fast food restaurant the increase the destruction for cattle. Everything you drink a cup of coffee more rain forests gone.

[@davecooper3238]

In the U.K. the Golden Arches only serve UK or Ireland beef.

[@DieNibelungenliad]

That's why the govts ought to designate the entire Amazon rainforest as a protected park. Anyone caught logging or clearing the trees should be jailed. Pay vigilantes for catching suspects and proving their crime

[@nonasmith2405]

@@DieNibelungenliad agree

[@alvaroludolf]

Except that coffee is not produced in the Amazon basin (everything is wrong: soil, temperature, altitude, rainfall), it is produced in the cerrado. Also not cattle, those are produced in the south. Amazon is destroyed to produce soy, which is then sold so European and Chinese animals can eat in winter.

[@hyphydan]

Most of that Beef goes to China. USA in 2020 allowed this garbage into our Ground Beef supply. USA needs to ban this crappy Zebu Beef from Brazil/Uruguay.

[@SamiElFettoh-ur8ed]

🤝Greetings from the Republic of the countryside to all the countryside and all the world I am Jawad Al-Amrani I greet you 🤚my country's flag in the profile picture

[@ashleyfairway.540]

yawn

[@cz2301]

Thanks to frmr pres Bozonaurio

[@Cheese_Boi1986]

countries should be invading brazil to protect it

[@ValerioCordeirodossantos-wb7yl]

LEIA NO GOOGLE DOUTOR BRASILEIRO DALTON ELERY GIRAO BARROSO ANO 2009 W87 E LEIA TAMBÉM DIA 08 DE ABRIL DE 2023, MINISTRO RUSSO DE NOME SERGEY LAVROV VENDE 200 OGIVAS NUCLEARES AO BRASIL E O BRASILEIRO REX NAZARETH ALVES PRODUZ 8 OGIVAS NUCLEARES.

[@Bungle-UK]

So, 80% is still there 👍

[@marinorezan9250]

Losing 20% of your brain affected you

[@norkieuppercrusty1]

The effects of capitalism, don't winge about it, it's what you voted for

[@monsieurfoupierre]

I wonder how much climate change is fuelled by the resources devoted to people with jobs just marking maps with deforestation and ice regression.

[@tonchanthol5329]

🎉🎉🎉

[@judewarner1536]

The same amount as people who are consuming electricity to watch KZbin and post comments.

[@krzysztofbmx2892]

No one knows, not even a single scientist

[@ethantang9877]

And stop climate chang

[@MouseMoni]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@toyoprev]

I know so sad they need to do something about it

[@tonchanthol5329]

😢😢

[@tonchanthol5329]

@@toyoprev❤❤🎉

[@publics.public]

your steak your beefburger

[@yellybeam2869]

Don't eat any of it. I don't drink coffee or use Nutella.

[@biblestudy2630]

Instability Defines the End Times Instability defines our time - unpredictable world leaders, shifts in government policies and people, stock market volatility, formerly admired public and religious figures falling from grace, threats of terrorism and gun violence, and even wildly erratic weather patterns - all are making our world more and more unbalanced. As a consequence, the conflict between faith and doubt is the great reality of the time in which we live. “Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.” Luke 21:26 As our world seems to be wobbling out of control, the very fact that events in the earth are being shaken at every level should provide confidence in the Bible - these things were prophesied to happen in our day. God is working out His plan, and the end is promised to be glorious! “I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come.... and I will fill this house with glory... in this place will I give peace.” (Haggai 2:7, 9) Meanwhile, we may find our faith being challenged and we cry out: “Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief.”Mark 9:24

[@Ratatoothie]

This is why you have to go vegan.

[@Mr.happy689]

Wot 👀👄👀 Sir we are carnivorous, we can't have a healthy diet without meat.

[@Dany-rx7rs]

🤬😡😭

[@tonchanthol5329]

❤❤❤🎉

[@yyyfffff33333]

It grows back !

[@jaaksavat7916]

It doesn't grow back, you're delusional

[@alvaroludolf]

Yeah... I bet someone probably said the same about the Sahara a few thousand years ago.

[@homosapienssapiens4848]

Follow the money 💰