The Amazon had 102 thousand acres of vegetation destroyed from 2005 to 2008, showed the Brazilian foundation SOS Mata Atlantica and INPE. The area devastated corresponds to the size of Spain and France combined.
The rhythm of deforestation kept nearly the same in comparison to the numbers from 2000 to 2005, when 35 thousand acres were devastated before. Before that, however, the amount being deforested was slightly lower.
The results are disastrous, and only 11%, or 147 thousand kilometers of the original vegetation is left. Minas Gerais, in Brazil, was the state affected the most, with over 32 thousand acres practically destroyed by heavy machinery. Flavio Ponzoni, coordinator of the study, classifies the state as the "biggest 'deforestator'." "The reasons are sometimes agropecuary, and sometimes because of imobiliary speculation." The other reason, he points out, is the illegal extraction of coal.
Deforestation, besides nearly destroying species, also unbalances the ecosystem, reducing the dynamics of our planet. In truth, we have never abandoned the condition of mere parasites inhabiting an orb that - we are not so sure - belongs to us. "Let there be light", He said, but the light hasn't touched many os uf, especially government officials in deloping countries who methodically ignore what is taking place under their noses.
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