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The Amazon is approaching a critical tipping point, where deforestation, degradation, fire, and climate change together risk pushing large areas toward irreversible ecological collapse. (news.mongabay.com)

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

mostly being cleared away for cattle which is then shipped of to asia proper.

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[–] jafra@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Afaik the main driver is palm oil...

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[–] Ruigaard@slrpnk.net 4 points 7 months ago

I believe for rainforests in Indonesia it is palmoil that causes most deforestation, in the Amazon cattle and their feed (mostly soy). Regardless, two big drivers of deforestation that need to be haltes.

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