Brazil’s Atlantic Forest still losing ‘large amounts’ of mature forest, despite legal protection
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest still losing ‘large amounts’ of mature forest, despite legal protection
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest still losing ‘large amounts’ of mature forest, despite legal protection
By 1970, scientists had spent 65 years thinking the black lion tamarin, a small monkey with a spectacular mane, was extinct. That year, locals found a small population of the species (Leontopithecus c...
Despite a federal protection law, Brazil’s Atlantic Forest lost a Washington, D.C.-sized area of mature forest every year between 2010 and 2020, with most of the deforestation occurring illegally on private lands for agriculture.
The Atlantic Forest is a critical biodiversity hotspot that supports 70% of Brazil’s GDP while serving nearly three-quarters of the country’s population.