close
close

Brazil loses 33% of its native vegetation: half of it is in the Amazon region


Brazil loses 33% of its native vegetation: half of it is in the Amazon region

A new MapBiomas report released on Wednesday (21) shows that Brazil has lost a third of its native vegetation since the Portuguese invasion in 1500. By 1985, when the dictatorship in Brazil officially ended, the loss of natural areas amounted to 20% of the national territory. According to the study, this decline has expanded to […]