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Keywords
Aerial view
Burning
Copy space
Day
Deforestation
Destruction
Dry
Forest fires
Forests (campaign title)
KWCI (GPI)
Outdoors
Smoke
Trees
Tropical rainforests
Smoke from Forest Fires in the Amazon
Man made forest fires to clear land for farming and cattle.
Unique identifier:
GP01JWH
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
13/08/2008
Locations:
Altamira
,
Amazon
,
Brazil
,
Pará
,
South America
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
Containers
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Amazon Fires and Agriculture Documentation
Extensive documentation of man made forest fires to clear land for farming and cattle. In very large areas the deforestation has caused devastating desertification of the land.
The Amazon rain forest is being deforested at an alarming pace primarily for cattle ranching. Deforestation not only destroys biodiversity and displaces forest peoples but is also responsible for 75% of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions, making Brazil the world’s fourth largest climate polluter.
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