2024-01-12 23:45:00
Brazil says Amazon logging rates in their country will drop by 50% by 2023 following President Lula da Silva pledged to end the logging by 2030.
Foreign news agencies reported that Brazil’s Ministry of Environment said on Friday, January 12, 2024, that the rate of logging in their Amazon forest in 2023 was 5,153 sq km, down nearly 50% from the previous year. that page which has logged 10,278 sq. km.
This is the lowest amount of logging in the Amazon in five years in Brazil. However, the amount of forest that has been cut is Six times larger than New York City
The cutting of trees in the Amazon rainforest It has just reached its highest point in 12 years during the rule of Mr. Jair Bolsonaro, the previous Brazilian president. Amid calls from around the world to control logging. This is because the Amazon forest plays an important role in the cycling of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Until it was nicknamed ‘the lungs of the world’
But current president Lula da Silva pledged at the COP27 climate summit in 2022 to end Amazon logging by 2030 and restore the forest. It will also tackle crimes that contribute to climate change.
The Brazilian Ministry of Environment stated that Increased monitoring by environmental watchdog ‘IBAMA’ is key to reducing logging rates. And this is the first step towards the goal of zero logging in the Amazon.
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