Deforestation Articles & Analysis
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Furthermore, quarantine policies have led to a major increase in demand for online shopping and home delivery which has resulted in a significant increase in household waste in the form of shipped package materials. In Brazil, deforestation has hit a 23-year high as traditional guardians of the Amazon have been weakened with the Xavante and Yanomami indigenous groups being ...
As vaccine rollouts take place in many countries around the world, it feels like the globe will soon be able to take a collective sigh of relief that this pandemic could nearly be over. However, the reality may not be so simple. Leading scientists including the chair of the WHO’s strategic and technical advisory group for infectious hazards expect that SARS-CoV-2 will become endemic, ...
These rapid bursts of urbanization creates ruinous ripple effects upon these emerging cities: More urbanization means more deforestation, and the loss of wildlife habitat and predators. When predator numbers diminish, rodent populations explode - as do the transferable diseases they carry with them. ...