Commodities for export still threaten rainforests in Brazil

16 de setembro de 2010

set 16, 2010

Luiz Antonio Martinelli, Paulo Moutinho

Correspondence:

We find your conclusion premature that there is no longer a direct correlation between food production in Brazil and deforestation in the Amazon.

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Deforestation around the world

Deforestation around the world

The study-cases reported here may call attention for the velocity we are losing our forests in a planetary scale and for inestimable impact that will have in human life quality, in wild life, in water, soil and air and in the world economy. To keep it short, it won’t be a surprise if the cost to fix the losses would overcome the investments we have done to achieve the present unsustainable development.