Top Deforestation in Russia, Canada, Brazil

[CelticWarrior]

According to The Weather Network news tree cover loss is at an all time high. Despite the effort of tree planting in other countries the global loss is increasing with man made forest fires and toxic emissions due to oil/gas and logging operations. It was inevitable that we would see these trends hike up the chart since the days of activists chaining themselves to trees. If the pattern continues we're gonna see a lot more damage in the name of human profit.

Researchers are quick to point out that at least some of the tree loss is "temporary" -- but it will take some time for forests to replenish.

Between 2011 and 2013, 43,000 square kilometres of northern boreal forest were destroyed in Russia. Canada saw a loss of 24,500 square kilometres during the same time frame.

Both regions have experienced an unusually high rate of forest fires in recent years, exacerbated by dry conditions.

Oil, gas and logging operations have also played a role.

Source:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/canada-and-russia-top-global-deforestation-list/49269/

 

[meadow_wind]

There is extensive deforestation in Northern Paraguay and surrounding regions. This situation has been ongoing for a while now and has been documented. Last year, while wandering on Google Maps, I took a screenshot in March 2024 just to keep track of things, thinking I would compare in a couple of years... It was already worrying enough a situation.




I looked tonight just out of curiosity. I'm so shocked; it's painful to look at. Is this real? Has it really been ravaged that much within only 1 year????





I found some numbers from a publication, but I'm skeptical about their accuracy. It has to be a much higher number than that from looking at those screenshots.

Published 9 Oct 2024

Collagen and meat giants fuel deforestation and rights violations in Paraguay: Report

Global collagen and meat industries are continuing to foster rampant deforestation and contribute to the rights violations of Indigenous communities in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco, one of South America’s last climate-critical forests, according to a new report from the environmental NGO Global...

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Paraguay’s northern departments of the Chaco, Presidente Hayes, Boquerón, and Alto Paraguay, have lost 30% of their tree cover in the last 20 years, equivalent to 5.42 million hectares (13 million acres).

The Gran Chaco or Dry Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland tropical dry broadleaf forest natural region of the Río de la Plata basin