2021 Amazon deforestation map shows devastating impact of ranching, agriculture

Mongabay
Mar 21, 2022, 9:15 am363 pts
The Amazon lost millions of hectares of primary forest in 2021, mostly as the result of cattle ranching and other agricultural activities, a new report reveals. Amazon Conservation’s Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) found that around 1.9 million hectares (4.8 million acres) of the rainforest…

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