Disturbing consequences of deforestation
Spotting a monkey in the Amazon isn't as easy as you might think and we are always looking to the tree tops for a rare glimpse. But the first monkey our team spotted on this trip was not swinging from branch to branch.
While investigating a deforested area, our team found this dead and burnt Howler monkey in an area of deforestation on public lands in the Porto de Moz region.
In the last year there has been a 40 percent increase in deforestation in Brazil. Para state is responsible for one third of the total Amazon deforestation.
Around 80 percent of Amazon deforestation areas currently in use are occupied by the cattle-ranching industry, much of it in the hands of large landowners. On average, ranching in the Amazon requires clearing 1.4 hectares of forest to support one cow, but generates very limited revenue and employment.
Today there is a new cycle of deforestation emerging in the Amazon with the expansion of Brazil's soya market. Soya farmers are increasing their foothold on more valuable areas of land in the Amazon, within reach of export facilities in Pára. Over three-quarters of a million soya hectares of soya was planted within the Amazon deforestation belt by the end of 2001.
We apologise for the graphic nature of this image, but think it is important you know about the consequences of Amazon deforestation.
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Photo © Greenpeace/Beltra
Posted by Amazon Team at December 2, 2003 10:20 AM
I've been following your actions since the beginning and I just wanted to thank you all for your incredible job !
Take care, keep safe and Green Peace !
Nessyme .. spreading the news around as much as I can !
+ Special Hello to one Amazon Team member ;)
Well I just want to say that the socolled "legal" and goverment supported forest logging in Brazil are allready reffered to as "Illegal" here in Europe. Everyday the beautiful amazona rainforest
disappears equivalent to the size of a grand footballstadion. The goverment in Brazil doesn`t care much about the future of the largest rainforest in the world. Humanrights are being ruthlessly neglected, and any peaceful protests doesn`t help. If we want to save rainforest we must first work for establishment of democracy and respect of humanrigths. Otherwise, the current totallitaric regime will not give a damn about our protests.
thanks green peace for doing something about the rain forest. I think you should put up the names of the companies that buy yhese endangered woods
on web sight also post there phone numbers so word can spread not to buy there product I think people do care but need to be lead in there back yards also whats does the new goverment in brasil
say about what they plan to do about this sittuation?
I dont understand, i'm only 15 and i will never see the rain forst because it will be all gone by the time i get to see it. why are they doing i. nobody can grow things in the soil, it's poitless. We need to take action. this is our world and the lord put the forest there for a reason, we dont need it to be destroyed. why, i cant even say in words how much this bothers me. peoples lives are being destroyed and animals are being killed, who comes here and starts burning things up. 80% of our oxygen comes from the rain forest. do they want to die. they are so stupid. greedy and selfish people and they just dont care at all. thanks for letting me vent. i hope everyone can in some way think of a way to help stop the people who are doing the killing....
Ree minnesota 15
To the idiots who wrote that last entrie, you are all complete morons. You obviously are very un-educated and i pity you that you all live such pathetic lives. How on earth you found this web site is beyond me seeing as it has no referance to anything your puny minds would be able to comprehend. Get a life you wankers.
Very good information, good work
