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“Mangroves of the Amazon”: community project working to conserve mangroves in Pará
Initiative combines scientific knowledge and local know-how to conserve mangroves, promote social inclusion and tackle climate change
Trees in tropical rainforests are dying faster
Trees in tropical rainforests are dying faster
The reasons are the increase in temperature, droughts, stronger winds, more extensive fires, more vines, and the abundance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
An area in the Amazon, twice the Germany, is at the mercy of deforestation
An area in the Amazon, twice the Germany, is at the mercy of deforestation
These 70 million hectares store 25 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), equivalent to the sum of the Brazilian emission of greenhouse gases for 4 years.