Description
Wildfires swept through 51,000 square kilometers of mature tropical forest in Latin America during 2024, accounting for 60% of all deforestation and setting a historic record. Climate change intensified dry conditions that turned the rainforest into a tinderbox, while agricultural burns for soy crops and cattle ranching spiraled massively out of control. Brazil lost the largest amount of tropical forest with 28,200 square kilometers, followed by Bolivia with 14,800 square kilometers, reversing years of progress in the fight against deforestation. The fires released 1.15 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, exceeding all fossil fuel emissions from South America in 2023. The situation was aggravated by government policies that removed environmental protections to boost agricultural production, particularly in Brazil and Bolivia where amnesty laws for illegal deforestation were approved.
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- The Economist Newspaper
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- English
Beneficiaries:
- Rural communities
- Consumers
- Public institutions
Countries:
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Guyana
- Peru
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