Soyf farming and cattle ranching have been destroying the amazon for decades. It is severely diminished from that. But it is such a huge forest that it seems infinite.
The bigger problem is that the soil on the amazon is actually pretty bad. There is a thin fertile layer that gets renewed by the forest. Once you cut it down to plant something else it quickly becomes bad, so you have to cut down more forest to keep up production
They claim the soy farming won’t be allowed to deforest further, but the more land used for soy, the less for cattle. That can push cattle ranchers deeper into forested land and the effect is the same.
I hope this can be solved soon. The Amazon is a precious, ancient treasure of Earth.
Soyf farming and cattle ranching have been destroying the amazon for decades. It is severely diminished from that. But it is such a huge forest that it seems infinite.
The bigger problem is that the soil on the amazon is actually pretty bad. There is a thin fertile layer that gets renewed by the forest. Once you cut it down to plant something else it quickly becomes bad, so you have to cut down more forest to keep up production
It’s true and very sad.
They claim the soy farming won’t be allowed to deforest further, but the more land used for soy, the less for cattle. That can push cattle ranchers deeper into forested land and the effect is the same.
I hope this can be solved soon. The Amazon is a precious, ancient treasure of Earth.