{"id":3109,"date":"2022-04-27T14:55:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T14:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2022-06-30T09:04:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T09:04:04","slug":"the-negative-effects-of-deforestation-the-cons-and-impact-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/the-negative-effects-of-deforestation-the-cons-and-impact-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Negative Effects of Deforestation: The Cons and Impact in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Joe Biden was running for President of the United States, he made a bold claim. He said that he would get the world to spend USD $20 billion to protect the Amazon rainforests in South America. Recognising the negative effects of deforestation in the Amazon, he pledged to impose \u201csignificant economic consequences\u201d if Brazil continued to allow illegal loggers and ranchers to destroy the rainforests.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The backlash was immediate. Brazil\u2019s President, populist demagogue Jair Bolsonaro, tweeted in Portuguese, \u201cWhat some have not yet understood is that Brazil has changed. Today, its President, unlike the left, no longer accepts bribes, criminal demarcations or unfounded threats. OUR SOVEREIGNTY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.\u201d<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This illustrated how deforestation has become a huge crisis worldwide \u2013 a crisis that is extremely controversial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Forests are vital for our planet and people in several ways. For one, they are vital to stop global warming and climate change. They are also important to protect the land and agriculture, and to prevent soil erosion. Furthermore, they provide shelter and livelihoods to over one billion people across the planet,<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> as well as billions of species of plants and animals. The effects of deforestation have permanent environmental consequences. The loss of trees in tropical forests has climate consequences around the world. Deforestation in the Amazon at current levels can \u2013 and will \u2013 trigger global warming as more CO2 and greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\nWhy are forests so important?<\/h2>\n
Forests prevent climate change<\/h3>\n