The Amazon was approaching a “point of no return” of 20% to 25% vegetation loss at which it “ceases to sustain itself as a rainforest,” said Bruno Ferreira, a researcher at the MapBiomas monitoring platform. — Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has shrunk by an area as big as Spain over four decades and is nearing a dangerous tipping point, according to monitoring data released Monday.
The Amazon was approaching a “point of no return” of 20% to 25% vegetation loss at which it “ceases to sustain itself as a rainforest,” said Bruno Ferreira, a researcher at the MapBiomas monitoring platform.
