NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Brazil has lost 20% of its rainforest to deforestation, making the country one of world’s biggest contributors to greenhouse gases and global climate change. The Nature Conservancy is working hard to change that. The Conservancy is working across Brazil with many partners to reduce-and nearly stop-deforestation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main cause of deforestation is clearing of land for agriculture and livestock. Although the annual rate of deforestation in Brazil has been sharply declining in recent years, it still amounts to 2.6 million hectares (the size of Luxembourg).

Detailed explanation-3: -Deforestation has been a significant source of pollution, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, but deforestation has been Brazil’s foremost cause of environmental and ecological degradation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Industrial development has caused degradation of forests through pollution, over-exploitation, encroachments etc. Rainforests have decreased in size primarily due to deforestation.

Detailed explanation-5: -To permanently protect 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon, Brazil established the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program in 2002. Created in partnership with WWF and others, the program is the world’s largest initiative for the conservation of tropical forests.