ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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Over the past 30 years, which of the following is true about deforestation in Brazil?
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It had gotten better until very recently when deforestation rates picked up again
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It has gotten much worse because the government hasn’t enacted any laws to stop it
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It is only a problem of the past and is not a problem now
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The average deforestation in the past four years of Bolsonaro is roughly 60% higher than the previous four years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Deforestation Statistics In 2021 alone 4.8 million acres of the Amazon rainforest were lost. The clearing of land for cattle ranching accounts for 80 percent of deforestation in the Amazon. In one Brazilian state 400 square miles of forest has been cleared for soy farming in the last 10 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Read more here. From 2001 to 2021, Brazil lost 62.8Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 12% decrease in tree cover since 2000, and 33.6Gt of CO₂e emissions.
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