Humans degrade one third of Amazon rainforest

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What do we get when excessive greed and mindless idiocy are mixed into a hellish brew? We need look no further than what has been happening in the Amazon rainforest for the answer:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/26/human-activity-and-drought-degrading-more-than-a-third-of-amazon-rainforest

A brief thread on the Amazon rainforest. Most climate science appears to indicate that this astonishing rainforest, so vital for the region and for the world, is at significant risk of becoming a carbon source rather than sink – and a savanna rather than forest in many areas.

— Edward Davey (@edwardleodavey) February 13, 2022