Scientists welcome rainforest’s reprieve, but warn it still faces a looming tipping point | DW News
Brazil’s space research agency says that deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has dropped sharply. Still, over 3 thousand 300 square kilometers of rainforest were destroyed over the past year. That is the lowest rate of destruction since the country started collecting data on rainforest areas. DW’s Tomi Oladipo speaks to Carlos Nobre, one of Brazil’s top climate scientists, as well as Christian Poirier, Program Director at Amazon Watch.
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Chapters:
00:00 Amazon destruction reaches historic low levels
00:42 Carlos Nobre on Brazil’s progress against deforestation
02:13 Environmental and public health benefits of reducing deforestation
03:11 How satellite monitoring helps combat illegal logging
04:27 Can Brazil achieve zero deforestation by 2030?
06:00 Christian Poirier on the role of Indigenous communities
06:54 How Indigenous movements help protect the Amazon
08:02 Organized crime, illegal mining and threats to the rainforest
09:16 Supporting Indigenous peoples on the front lines
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