How is the Brazilian Amazon being sustained currently?
As I started out in my research with this question in mind, assuming that the Brazilian government does not attempt much in making food production more sustainable in the Amazon, I was actually quite surprised by how much they've actually done, in making agriculture in the Amazon more sustainable.
Heres a few things that have been done so far by the Brazilian government in an attempt to make a more sustainable future in the Amazon Rainforest:
A committee has been set up to design and execute a plan to reduce Amazon deforestation.
Monitoring of the forest to prevent and control illegal logging has been intensified over the past few years. Brazil has also created remote-sensing systems that allow for the monitoring of deforestation in the Amazon, with monthly and yearly reports being posted on the internet here: www.inpe.br. Another system called DETEX, that will allow police to detect illegal logging, is also being developed.
Over 20 million hectares of land is now under federal protection (about 10%). Currently, 48% (about 201 million hectares) of the Brazilian Amazon is in some kind of protection, (refer to diagram below) this and other actions that have been described above, have caused deforestation to drop by 52% since 2004, as shown in the chart above, deforestation starts to drop significantly at the start of 2004.
Heres a few things that have been done so far by the Brazilian government in an attempt to make a more sustainable future in the Amazon Rainforest:
A committee has been set up to design and execute a plan to reduce Amazon deforestation.
Monitoring of the forest to prevent and control illegal logging has been intensified over the past few years. Brazil has also created remote-sensing systems that allow for the monitoring of deforestation in the Amazon, with monthly and yearly reports being posted on the internet here: www.inpe.br. Another system called DETEX, that will allow police to detect illegal logging, is also being developed.
Over 20 million hectares of land is now under federal protection (about 10%). Currently, 48% (about 201 million hectares) of the Brazilian Amazon is in some kind of protection, (refer to diagram below) this and other actions that have been described above, have caused deforestation to drop by 52% since 2004, as shown in the chart above, deforestation starts to drop significantly at the start of 2004.
So in my proposal to the Brazilian Government, I strongly recommend for them to keep moving forward in their endeavour to save the rainforest in the way they are. For as we can see in the chart at the top of this page, when the Brazilian Government started its move to save the rainforest, deforestation rates have fallen significantly, but I also recommend the government to start putting more of their focus on controlling the meat industry, for as we could see on the pie diagram under the page titled 'Food Production', on this site, the main cause for deforestation back in 2000 to 2005 was, and still is, cattle ranching.
I believe placing a moratorium like the one that is currently placed on soybeans, (as of 24 of November 2014), will greatly reduce the deforestation rates, once it is put to effect and placed on the meat industry.
I believe if this moratorium is placed on the meat industry, it will significantly drop the rate of deforestation that is occurring in the Amazon right now.
By David Martin.
I believe placing a moratorium like the one that is currently placed on soybeans, (as of 24 of November 2014), will greatly reduce the deforestation rates, once it is put to effect and placed on the meat industry.
I believe if this moratorium is placed on the meat industry, it will significantly drop the rate of deforestation that is occurring in the Amazon right now.
By David Martin.