BarrettOct 13, 2024
I loved how stark the landscape of the #ScottishHighlands are, but it’s sobering to consider they were mostly wooded before they were #deforested to supply the #IndustrialRevolution with charcoal.
Tino EberlFeb 17, 2024

"Mapping how #deforested land in #Africa is used

Africa's #forested areas—an estimated 14 % of the global forest area—are continuing to decline at an increasing rate—mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic purposes. As natural #forests are important CO2 and #biodiversity reservoirs, this development has a significant impact on #climatechange and affects the integrity of #nature."

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-deforested-africa.html

Mapping how deforested land in Africa is used

Africa's forested areas—an estimated 14 % of the global forest area—are continuing to decline at an increasing rate—mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic purposes. As natural forests are important CO2 and biodiversity reservoirs, this development has a significant impact on climate change and affects the integrity of nature.

Phys.org
💧🌏 Greg CocksDec 20, 2023
Forest Fragmentation Is Changing The Shape Of Amazonian Trees, Finds Study [remotesensing]
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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-forest-fragmentation-amazonian-trees.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44004-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #amazonia #amazon #amazonrainforest #brazil #remotesensing #LiDAR #terrestrial #terrestriallaser #forestry #lossofhabitat #clearing #trees #vegetation #harvesting #model #modeling #canopy #tree #treecanopy #deforested #tropicalrainforest #tropical #rainforest #forestedge #treeshape #light #sunlight #biomass #ecosystem #treehealth #fragmentedforest #model #survey #habitatfragmentation #treearchitecture #allometry #forestconservation #foresthealth #CentralAmazonia #edgeeffects #carbonsequestration #climatechange
Forest fragmentation is changing the shape of Amazonian trees, finds study

Due to clear-cutting, the area of undisturbed rainforests is decreasing. At the edges of deforested areas, temperatures rise, and there is more light. Trees are able to adapt to changes in their living conditions and environment, but how does environmental change affect the shape of trees in the tropical rainforest? To date there has been no overall understanding of this.

Phys.org
Rob Baylis ⓋOct 6, 2023
#meat eaters are likely to be devouring #animals fed on soya beans grown on #deforested and threatened #ecosystem lands in #southamerica https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/06/top-grain-traders-helped-scupper-ban-on-soya-from-deforested-land
Top grain traders ‘helped scupper’ ban on soya from deforested land

Cargill and ADM led push to weaken new protections for threatened ecosystems in South America, report says

The Guardian
Show threadSavannologyAug 4, 2023

@mongabay
The whole project should be canned. It's misguided and little more than #greenwashing funded by the #GlobalNorth. Many of the areas targeted for #reforestation are neither #deforested nor #degradedforest. They are natural #OpenBiomes such as #TropicalGrassyBiomes

#SavannasMatter

Coney von 1LandNov 17, 2022

#JBS admits to buying almost 9,000 cattle from ‘one of #Brazil’s biggest deforesters’
Cattle raised on illegally #deforested farms in the #Amazon belonging to criminal kingpin were sold to JBS slaughterhouses from 2018-2022. At the same time, #US and #European #banks were flooding meatpacker with cash

https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2022/11/11/jbs-cattle-brazils-biggest-deforester-amazon/

JBS admits to buying almost 9,000 cattle from ‘one of Brazil’s biggest deforesters’

Beef giant JBS has admitted to buying almost 9,000 cattle from a criminal described by prosecutors as “one of the biggest deforesters in Brazil”

Unearthed