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Amazon Drought and Wildfires Mean Degradation Bigger Threat than Deforestation
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Amazon drought and wildfires mean degradation bigger threat than deforestation
New study is a warning ‘the lungs of the planet’ could be reaching their tipping point. A new study published in Global Change Biology shows that forest degradation in the Amazon increased by 44% between 2023 and 2024 – a rise of 163% compared with 2022. In total, 25,023 square kilometres of the rainforest degraded last year alone. Forest fires were the leading cause of this, with 66% of degradation attributed to blazes. Severe drought betwee…
The Brazilian Amazon rainforest is facing a worrying acceleration of deforestation, largely driven by the incidence of forest fires. Official figures recently released reveal that the destruction of this vital ecosystem experienced an increase of 9.1% in the last ten months, covering the period from August 2024 to May 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year. This data, which will be integrated into the consolidated calculation of …
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