Deforestation in the amazon

Council on Foreign Relations

06/07/2016 - http://www.cfr.org/

Brazil, home to more tropical forest than any other country, reduced forest clearance by 80 percent between 2005 and 2012, dramatically lowering its emissions. Better monitoring of the forest, improved law enforcement, more efficient farming practices, and private-sector initiatives to halt the sale of goods cultivated on illegally deforested land helped bring down the rate of deforestation.

But Brazil has reported an increase in its rate of deforestation since 2012. Individuals and companies continue to profit from clearing land and exploiting natural resources, and authorities are limited in their abilities to track and punish those who do so illegally... Read more