What are the potential impacts of increased shipping and navigation on the Amazon River system due to infrastructure development or changes in water levels caused by climate change and deforestation?

Sep 18, 2023 ... Over the last 40 years, approximately 20% of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has been destroyed. This is equivalent to about 800,000 square ... Sep 8, 2020 ... Deforestation. Nearly 6,700 km2 of forest has been destroyed so far in 2020. This year, as in previous years, most deforestation has taken ... Apr 17, 2025 ... Almost 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed so far. If this destruction continues, we may never find all the valuable ... 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 ... 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 ... By the year 2022 around 26% of the forest was considered as deforested or highly degraded. ... According to the Council on Foreign Relations, 300,000 square miles ... Jul 23, 2021 ... By 2020, about a third of these forests (or 186,000 km²) had been destroyed. Grileiros invade these forests, cut down the trees, and clear the ... Amazon Rainforest Fires. 2024 was a catastrophic year for the Amazon, as ... By June 2024, our planet had experienced 13 consecutive months of record ... China has become Brazil's main trading partner, giving it significant influence over the Amazon forest ... Almost 20 percent of the rainforest has been destroyed ... Feb 28, 2023 ... Washington sent large amounts of money to destroy it. Or preserve it, they said. By 1994 fully half of the Amazon rainforest had been burned or ...