Can the damage to the Amazon rainforest be reversed?

The Amazon is a vast biome that spans eight rapidly developing countries—Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname—and French ... Feb 14, 2024 ... We estimate that by 2050, 10% to 47% of Amazonian forests will be exposed to compounding disturbances that may trigger unexpected ecosystem transitions. Jan 17, 2025 ... We used a U-Net model adapted for regression to map the mean tree canopy height in the Amazon forest from Planet NICFI images at ~4.78 m spatial resolution. Jan 6, 2023 ... Our analysis finds that forests managed by Indigenous people in the Amazon were strong net carbon sinks from 2001-2021, collectively removing a ... Nov 20, 2022 ... During COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) on 15 November 2022, the Science Panel for the Amazon presented a new policy brief detailing the ... The Amazon is the largest tropical forest in the world and around 60% of it is in Brazil. The amount of carbon stored in the region uncertain, the impacts ... Support our Work. in the Brazilian Amazon. Donate. In 1965, Brazil created and passed its first Forest Code, a law requiring landowners in the Amazon to ... Sep 11, 2024 ... Parts of the Amazon rainforest are suffering through the worst droughts ever recorded. As a result major rivers are dwindling and wildfires ... Sep 9, 2023 ... Countless animals remain on the brink of extinction. Here are just seven Amazon rainforest endangered species. Mar 18, 2021 ... This essay demonstrates that ineffective legislative initiatives and a deficient legal framework are in part responsible for allowing this failure.