How can citizen science initiatives contribute to deforestation monitoring and conservation efforts?

... were serving meat likely fed soy grown on destroyed Amazon rainforest. After ... percent of the soy produced in the Amazon region. This way, the Soy ... Aug 30, 2018 ... ... Amazon rainforest which has been cleared by loggers. But an important distinction needs to be made between tree cover and forest cover. Image ... Dec 19, 2019 ... University of Leeds scientist Michelle Kalamandeen has been watching ... had increased by 34 percent. Most of the newer deforestation ... Nov 1, 2022 ... The fact that throughout the past 20 years the Amazon rainforest—also known as the “lungs of the world”—has been devastated by deforestation is ... Nov 23, 2021 ... In Brazil, this has been the case since at least the 1970s: government figures attributed 38 percent of deforestation from 1966-1975 to large- ... Jul 2, 2019 ... The rate of rainforest destruction had been stable during the first few months of Bolsonaro's presidency but began to soar in May and June ... Aug 22, 2024 ... For example, largely due to drought and climate change, there were at least 61 percent more fires in the Amazon during the first six months of ... Jul 24, 2021 ... The report said 35 percent of the rainforest has been destroyed or damaged. The report is by the Science Panel for the Amazon. The project ... The world's first complete historical and current overview reveals that two thirds of the tropical rainforest on Earth are gone or degraded. Aug 25, 2019 ... According to National Geographic, the Amazon has already lost around 17 percent over the past 50 years. The full devastation of these fires won' ...