In Brazil deforestation increased 28 percent for the time period of 2012-2013. In fact the world loses about 50 soccer field size plots of forest a minute. A team of scientists from the University of Maryland, worked with Google and the US government to develop a forest mapping system that showed exactly where and how…
A recent study has drawn the conclusion that it is possible for the Amazon rainforest to become a barren desert. You might be wondering how this could happen to a region known for it’s rainfall and vast river networks. The study shows that a combination of droughts, changes in the climate and human deforestation of…
There are many reasons the Amazon rainforest is being destroyed, but if you take a closer look all of them share the same principle, profit. For someone that is exploiting the forest and destroying it in the process there is nothing that will change their minds unless they find a more profitable business. Although this…