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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 ... Sep 30, 2024 ... Around 18 percent of the Amazon rainforest has already been destroyed. 82 percent is still intact, however. I want the concert to open ... Nov 7, 2013 ... ... destruction of the Amazon rainforest could affect climate elsewhere ... Previous research has shown that deforestation will likely produce dry air ... Oct 31, 2023 ... ... rainforests [source: Butler]. It's believed that about 20 percent of the Amazon has been lost since the mid-1970s. Although conservation ... Jul 14, 2021 ... ... destruction of the Amazon rainforest - 35% of which has already been deforested or degraded, according to the draft of a landmark scientific ... ... deforestation has soared by as much as 92%, according to satellite imaging. As human activity in the Amazon ramps up, its future has never been less clear. The world's first complete historical and current overview reveals that two thirds of the tropical rainforest on Earth are gone or degraded. Close to 20 percent of the Amazon has been destroyed over the past fifty years, and some scientists say the tipping point, or the point at which the forest's ... Dec 2, 2022 ... Brazil, which holds about two-thirds of the Amazon, also leads the destruction. In almost four decades, 19% of its rainforest has been ... Cattle ranching accounts for 80% of current deforestation throughout the Amazon. ... Brazil has 88% of the Amazon herd, followed by Peru and Bolivia. While ...