Deforestation in the Amazon

Deforestation of the largest Brazilian heritage has a viable and practical solution

The Amazon rainforest remains at risk due to the high number of deforestation in its forest. According to the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), only in the last month of August the Legal Amazon lost 522 km² of forest due to deforestation. Compared with the 2011 data, about 220% more deforestation in the region was calculated.

Such data represents a disastrous future for the so-called “lung of the inverted world”. If deforestation and fires in the Amazon continue to progress in this way, the result would be reflected in the decrease in the production of enough rain to keep the forest alive. In other words, the Amazon Forest would slowly transform into a kind of savanna, releasing high rates of carbon into the atmosphere.

To make matters worse, these consequences would affect all of South America. So that the trees, by stopping absorbing carbon from the atmosphere, would affect the weather pattern. And thus, they would bring more droughts and catastrophic storms to the entire southern region of the continent.

When dealing with this issue, the consequences are diverse. And not just for the environment. After all, the increase in carbon emissions affects everyone on this planet. Be it human species, animals or habitat.

The concept proposed by Fruits of The Amazon goes against the grain of what is happening in the Amazon now. Proposing a sustainable model for the cultivation of fruit trees, the region would benefit from a great improvement in quality of life, as they would have more trees to absorb carbon in the atmosphere. As well as, a form of socioeconomic development of the population.

Written and edited by: Leonardo Sevilhano