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

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The Amazon rainforest has lost an area the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in the last 40 years.

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One fifth of the Amazon has been lost as a result of deforestation, agricultural farming, and climate change.

Professor Michael Sweet of the University of Derby said rivers in the Amazon are also “starting to dry out.”

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36 Comments

  1. This truly frightens me 😮😢

  2. Lefty Luna has sped things up 🤬

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

  4. Lula is worst than Bolsonaro for sure

  5. If these net zero freaks get their way it'll get a lot worse.

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

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

  8. Brazil needs to get their head out of their ass .

  9. Very very bad news 😢

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

  11. Deforestation is not the result of humankind, it's the result of a kind of human, evil, greedy businessmen

  12. The destruction of nature is the worst catastrophe of our age.
    Slowly and surely, the whole world will become a dry boiling hot lifeless desert

  13. On the previous office, the name of the president would be the first to come up, but now not even get mentioned, none of the celebrities and politicians stepped forward to speak out.

  14. Amazon is great

  15. Stop support cattle and meat!

  16. Cocaine production

  17. Disaster. It's gone by 2100's.

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

  19. Blame the whites for this.

  20. The BBC said the Amazon rainforest would disappear by 1999.

  21. Simple gag is why black ignore my life with israel war the eagle claw? though when I am beyond Euopra border It could halt because it certain old female political fraud overdose. Likewise, what fall with Spetember 11 attack is anti poland as even aster jew which remain as Empire state building opposite ruin as past beyond that height wrongly. which show absolut monachy opposite actual. lord made war at the time 1980 as eagle claw. It made black girl top beyond that at all. Beside, when I back to Japan, India is still low as nationalism spectrum. however problem is the Japan black with israel. More…Israel is not India host though seem black first by bribery bribery self genocide war and the fraud make India as a result. why didnot took India in Japan? It seem kill me in israel.

    'At the time of their completion the "Twin Towers"—the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower), at 1,368 ft (417 m), and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower)—were the tallest buildings in the world. The other buildings in the complex included the Marriott World Trade Center (3 WTC), 4 WTC, 5 WTC, 6 WTC, and 7 WTC. All of these buildings were built between 1972 and 1987, with a construction cost of $400 million (equivalent to $3,000,000,000 in 2023 dollars).[7] The complex was located in New York City's Financial District and contained 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2) of office space.[8][9]' by the way

  22. It grows back !

  23. Simple gag is why black ignore my life with israel war the eagle claw? though when I am beyond Euopra border It could halt because it certain old female political fraud overdose. Likewise, what fall with Spetember 11 attack is anti poland as even aster jew which remain as Empire state building opposite ruin as past beyond that height wrongly. which show absolut monachy opposite actual. lord made war at the time 1980 as eagle claw. It made black girl top beyond that at all.

    'At the time of their completion the "Twin Towers"—the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower), at 1,368 ft (417 m), and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower)—were the tallest buildings in the world. The other buildings in the complex included the Marriott World Trade Center (3 WTC), 4 WTC, 5 WTC, 6 WTC, and 7 WTC. All of these buildings were built between 1972 and 1987, with a construction cost of $400 million (equivalent to $3,000,000,000 in 2023 dollars).[7] The complex was located in New York City's Financial District and contained 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2) of office space.[8][9]' by the way

  24. Follow the money 💰

  25. Simple gag is why black ignore my life with israel war the eagle claw? though when I am beyond Euopra border It could halt because it certain old female political fraud overdose. Likewise, what fall with Spetember 11 attack is anti poland as even aster jew which remain as Empire state building opposite ruin as past beyond that height wrongly. which show absolut monachy opposite actual. lord made war at the time 1980 as eagle claw.

    'At the time of their completion the "Twin Towers"—the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower), at 1,368 ft (417 m), and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower)—were the tallest buildings in the world. The other buildings in the complex included the Marriott World Trade Center (3 WTC), 4 WTC, 5 WTC, 6 WTC, and 7 WTC. All of these buildings were built between 1972 and 1987, with a construction cost of $400 million (equivalent to $3,000,000,000 in 2023 dollars).[7] The complex was located in New York City's Financial District and contained 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2) of office space.[8][9]' by the way

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

  27. It is largest than a country

  28. This is unregulated capitalism.

  29. 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.

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

  31. Simple gag is why black ignore my life with israel war the eagle claw? though when I am beyond Euopra border It could halt because it certain old female political fraud overdose. Likewise, what

    'At the time of their completion the "Twin Towers"—the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower), at 1,368 ft (417 m), and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower)—were the tallest buildings in the world. The other buildings in the complex included the Marriott World Trade Center (3 WTC), 4 WTC, 5 WTC, 6 WTC, and 7 WTC. All of these buildings were built between 1972 and 1987, with a construction cost of $400 million (equivalent to $3,000,000,000 in 2023 dollars).[7] The complex was located in New York City's Financial District and contained 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2) of office space.[8][9]' by the way

  32. Now in Africa and arab countries they are turning desert to greenery.. in South America they converting forest to greenery and weed cultivation.

  33. 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?

  34. Humans are so stupid!

  35. mmm cheeseburgers

  36. Major deforestation around the world was done illigaly by the British Empire in 19-20th centuries

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