Amazon deforestation, once tamed, comes roaring back

[Vini256]

Teeqoz said:

Vini256 said:

Brazilian here. I do care, but our government is pretty terrible and I don't know if they even care about this stuff honestly. It's pretty sad :(

At least our Atlantic Forest seems to be recovering quite a bit lately, at least that's what I've read some time ago. Fun fact, there are actually parts of that forest close to where I live, and I constantly see toucans flying around in my backyard, cool stuff.

If you read the article, you'll see Brazil actually made a lot of progress in regards to protecting the rainforest in the last decade, but in the past couple of years they've "relapsed". I wonder if it's due to the ongoing economic difficulties.

The least people should do is avoid companies that source food that is based on agriculture that destroys the rainforests. Burger King for instance (which you should avoid not only due to this heh) source the soy that is fed to their livestock from rainforest areas and it is most certainly not farmed in a sustainable way...

The economy could have something to do with it, but honestly I don't think that's the main reason for this. I think it has more to do with a lack of surveillance/control of the affected areas than anything else. Only having laws is worthless if they're not being enforced to people (This is actually a pretty common problem around here).

Btw, the Burger King thing sucks, seeing as I go there often (It's miles better than McDonald's). Oh well, one more reason to get fit lol.