Three Years of Deforestation in the Amazon | NowThis Earth
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Published 2020-10-28
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Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment was just awarded a $43.5 million contract with three satellite monitoring groups in an effort to curb the effects of climate change and protect rainforests.
This high-res timelapse from one of those satellite monitoring groups — Planet — shows deforestation in Lábrea, State of Amazonas, Brazil, during a 3-year period.
'These images will give the communities a better understanding of the problems' location and dimension so that their actions can be better planned,' says Ianukulá Kaiabi Suiá, an Indigenous leader in São Félix do Xingu, Brazil.
According to Mongabay, forests spanning nearly the size of Europe have been destroyed over the last 40 years.
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All Comments (21)
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Holy ****, all that in only 3 years... seriously....
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It could be titled “Capitalism’s Growing Ignorance”.
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This seriously breaks my heart...
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Heartbreaking & terrifying all at the same time.
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God How much year it will take to grow back i am feeling Horrified
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What are the dimensions shown in this video? How many acres or hectares are we looking at?
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People don't understand that just planting more trees won't correct this issue. Forests need active ecosystems to thrive. All planting trees does is ease our minds, but it doesn't solve the problem
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Would have been good to have some sort of scale on there so we can get a better idea of how big an area we're looking at. Might give it more impact.
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this hurts
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Stop killing our lungs!
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Humanity will burn.
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🙏
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Very sad, there is no other place on earth like the Amazon
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Anyone notice that TR3B on the bottom right @28 second mark with fake clouds around it?
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Can you zoom out so we can get some context of how big the area is? Sheesh... makes me think this is being made a bigger deal than what it really is
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What's the scale? How large a plot of land do we see here?
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What a human!
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The end of humankind is near...
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"WE" all allow this to happen.
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This is Bolzonaro.
