The Amazon is approaching a critical tipping point, where deforestation, degradation, fire, and climate change together risk pushing large areas toward irreversible ecological collapse.
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/the-amazons-silent-crime-crisis-commentary/
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Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 146d
mostly being cleared away for cattle which is then shipped of to asia proper.
jafra@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 146d
Afaik the main driver is palm oil...
Ruigaard@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 145d
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.
Willoughby@piefed.world · 3 pts · 146d
Yep, in our lifetime probably, you'll read about it here.
Arancello@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 146d
bright@piefed.social · 12 pts · 146d
That's fucking racist. Both for saying all white people are the cause of environmental destruction, and ALSO for saying that the other races you're referring to somehow can't cause environmental destruction. That's like saying all Asians are good at math. You're a fucking racist.
jafra@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 146d
Yeah, afaik one of the main drivers is palm plantations. As if POC don't eat stuff with palm oil.
I'd say the main problem is our locust economy.