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New UCLA research reveals worrying land degradation in northeast Brazil - Latin America Reports
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New UCLA research reveals worrying land degradation in northeast Brazil - Latin America Reports
A new dataset spanning from 2000 to 2020 reveals high indices of land transformation and degradation in northeastern Brazil. The Caatinga – one of Brazil’s six biomes which is composed of semi-arid vegetation – lost 100,000 square kilometers of both forest and grassland, whilst farming grew by 34,000 square kilometers. Widespread deforestation was also observed near protected areas in the Amazon rainforest, “reinforcing the need for targeted m…
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