How is the Amazon rainforest in 2021?
Tropical deforestation persists at a high level We don't yet know how much forest loss occurred in 2021, but deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 22% for the year ended July 31, 2021, according to Brazil's national space research institute INPE.
How big is the Amazon rainforest 2021?
2,300,000 square miles Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the drainage basin of the Amazon River and its tributaries in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km).
How much of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed 2021?
The country's space research agency monitoring system showed that the region lost over 5,100 square miles of rainforest — comparable to about the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut — between August 2020 to July 2021, according to data published on Thursday.
Which country has the most deforestation 2021?
According to the FAO, Nigeria has the world's highest deforestation rate of primary forests.
How many trees are there in the Amazon rainforest 2021?
The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species.
Where is deforestation the worst 2020?
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years, official data shows.
How much of Amazon has not been explored?
The discoveries were found across all of the nine South American countries that are touched by the rainforest. Earth is home to an estimated total of 8.7 million species, and experts suggest more than 80 percent of them have not been identified.
Who is destroying the Amazon?
Cattle ranching is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In Brazil, this has been the case since at least the 1970s: government figures attributed 38 percent of deforestation from 1966-1975 to large-scale cattle ranching. Today the figure in Brazil is closer to 70 percent.