What are the most pressing research questions that need to be addressed to better understand and protect the Amazon rainforest?

Between 17 and 20 percent of the Amazon, the world's largest rain forest, has been destroyed over the past fifty years. The majority of deforestation has ... May 12, 2023 ... The loss comes “in a context of continuous and increasing destruction that has been happening for a long time,” said Edegar de Oliveira of WWF- ... Dec 24, 2022 ... The Amazon rainforest was being destroyed ... Bolsonaro and his ministers dismantled much of the forest protection machinery that had been ... 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' ... 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 ... ... percent of tropical rainforest ecosystems will be destroyed by the year 2020. ... More than 20 percent of rainforest in the Amazon has been razed and is gone ... Mar 18, 2022 ... ... percent of the Amazon has been destroyed over the past fifty years, and some scientists believe that the tipping point for dieback is ... Nov 7, 2013 ... ... destruction of the Amazon rainforest could affect climate elsewhere ... Previous research has shown that deforestation will likely produce dry air ... Nov 10, 2021 ... ... Rainforest and Basin, and Borneo (the world's third largest island) in the Malay Archipelago. Twenty-percent of the Amazon has been destroyed ... Dec 16, 2024 ... ... Amazon was destroyed.24 Between 2001 and 2012, forest losses in the ... Although Brandon has never been to the Amazon rainforest, he has ...