Featured video: on-the-ground look at Brazil's fight against deforestation
Jeremy Hancemongabay.com
November 15, 2012
|
VIDEO SERIES On an occasional basis mongabay.com highlights a video or film. Any views expressed in these clips are those of the filmmaker/producer and do not necessarily reflect the views or endorsement of mongabay.com. |
A new video by the Guardian takes an on-the-ground look at Brazil's efforts to tackle deforestation in the Amazon. Using satellite imagery, an elite team of enforcement agents are now able to react swiftly to illegal deforestation. The crackdown on deforestation has been successful: destruction of the Amazon has slowed by around 75 percent in the last 8 years. Farmers cut or burn down forests largely for cattle ranching and vast soy fields. Sixty percent of the Amazon rainforest is found in Brazil.
