Deforestation Escalates in Brazilian Amazon

By Charlie • September 6, 2008 • 2 comments

Between Aug 2007 and July 2008, 8,147 sq kms of the Brazilian Amazon were cleared, an area more than twice the size of Rhode Island. Why? “Landowners often cut deeper into the forest to make room for cattle ranches and soybean farms.” Remove the carbon sinks and increase the amount of methane emitting cattle. Way to go human race…For more details go to Environmental News Network

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Charlie

Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?

2 Responses to “Deforestation Escalates in Brazilian Amazon”

Patrick Sep 6th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

Such a protein dilemma… choose to not eat meat and substitute it with soy and you’re still screwing up the environment… damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Charlie Sep 7th, 2008 at 1:53 am

Not quite. A huge amount of the soy grown on cleared land in the Amazon is used as cheap feed for chickens sold in KFC etc. - http://www.goveg.com/environment-wastedResources-rainforest.asp
Whichever way you look at it it’s a sad fact that this is an “environment dilemma” - if you really want to help the environment looking at what you eat is far more important than changing a few lightbulbs…