What percentage of the Amazonian economy is based on the sustainable harvesting and sale of NTFPs?

... Amazon Rainforest, the largest tropical forest. Each year, in December ... In just 50 years, almost 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed. Mar 11, 2021 ... Scientists estimate that 17 percent of all the Amazon has already been deforested. If the current rate of destruction continues, between 20 ... Dec 19, 2020 ... ... were cleared––an area about the size of the island of Hawaii. “The media has been showing that the Amazon has been destroyed and [that] we ... 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 ... 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 ... Jan 27, 2015 ... More than 80 percent of the world's old-growth forests have been destroyed, taking with them the habitats of countless species. 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Nov 8, 2018 ... Silman has researched biodiversity and ecology in the Western Amazon and Andes for more than 25 years. Artisanal-scale gold mining has been ...