Destruction in figures of the Amazon rainforest
In the state of the Amazon of Brazil will be allocated 40,000 million, in the name of progress, to the construction of highways and railways, to the realization of hydroelectric projects and the population. A challenge for who is one of the main lungs of the earth. According to a study funded by NASA, the influence of this giant landscape project over the next 20 years will not be minimal. Since the 1960s, the non-indigenous population has multiplied by ten, from 2 million to 20 million. On the other hand, the roads that once only surrounded the jungle, today, reach the heart of the jungle. In addition, the 40 billion mentioned are only a budget of what will be invested in the next seven years. According to scientists, there are two forecasting models of what will happen: one positive and one pessimistic.
According to the latter, by 2020 only 5% of the virgin forest will remain, of which 42% will be totally desolate or very deteriorated.
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