Insistiremos em mais uma década de desmatamento e secas?
Summary
The author warns that ignoring the scientific link between tropical forest preservation and rainfall patterns will lead to unsustainable economic costs for Brazil due to increasing droughts and agribusiness losses.
Key insights
- Scientific evidence established that tropical forests are essential for maintaining rainfall in various global regions, specifically impacting rainfall across almost all of Brazil, including the South and Mato Grosso.
- Despite scientific warnings, the Amazon has seen a return to historical record deforestation rates, leading to significant losses in the agribusiness sector caused by droughts.
- Failure to act on scientific evidence over the next decade may result in the cost of mitigating droughts becoming heavier than the country can bear, even with expensive credit policies and compensations.
Cite the original document
- APA
- Hoover, N. (2022). Insistiremos em mais uma década de desmatamento e secas? Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/insistiremos-em-mais-uma-decada-de-desmatamento-e-secas/
- Chicago
- Hoover, Natalie. Insistiremos em mais uma década de desmatamento e secas? Climate Policy Initiative, 2022. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/insistiremos-em-mais-uma-decada-de-desmatamento-e-secas/.
- Wikipedia
- {{cite press release |last1=Hoover |first1=Natalie |title=Insistiremos em mais uma década de desmatamento e secas? |publisher=Climate Policy Initiative |date=25 January 2022 |url=https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/insistiremos-em-mais-uma-decada-de-desmatamento-e-secas/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @misc{hoover2022insistiremos, author = {Hoover, Natalie}, title = {{Insistiremos em mais uma década de desmatamento e secas?}}, publisher = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2022}, month = jan, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/insistiremos-em-mais-uma-decada-de-desmatamento-e-secas/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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