L’Amazonie toujours plus menacée: il est urgent d’agir pour la défense des écosystèmes

A coalition of environmental organizations warns that the Amazon rainforest is nearing a critical tipping point, noting that 17% of original forests are gone and 6.7 million hectares burned in 2024. The statement calls for the rejection of the EU-Mercosur trade deal and the preservation of the soy moratorium to prevent the biome from becoming a net carbon source and to protect the indigenous peoples defending the territory.

• The Amazon rainforest is critical for global climate and ecological balance, housing over a third of tropical forests, 38% of the planet's river water, and at least 10% of known animal and plant species. It facilitates the movement of 20 billion tonnes of water daily through 'aerial rivers' and stores billions of tonnes of carbon.
• Deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon have reached critical levels, with 6.7 million hectares burned in 2024. Between 2010 and 2019, the Brazilian Amazon emitted more carbon than it captured. Approximately 17% of original forests have been cleared; reaching a threshold of 20% to 25% could lead to profound transformations of the biome and global climate impacts.
• The document identifies the soy moratorium, the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, and the EU deforestation regulation as key political levers. It urges the maintenance of the soy moratorium, the rejection of the EU-Mercosur agreement, and the rapid, well-funded implementation of the EU deforestation regulation.

APA

Jones, S. (2025). L’Amazonie toujours plus menacée: il est urgent d’agir pour la défense des écosystèmes. Mighty Earth. https://mightyearth.org/article/lamazonie-toujours-plus-menacee-il-est-urgent-dagir-pour-la-defense-des-ecosystemes/

Chicago

Jones, Sydney. L’Amazonie toujours plus menacée: il est urgent d’agir pour la défense des écosystèmes. Mighty Earth, 2025. https://mightyearth.org/article/lamazonie-toujours-plus-menacee-il-est-urgent-dagir-pour-la-defense-des-ecosystemes/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{jones2025lamazonie, author = {Jones, Sydney}, title = {{L’Amazonie toujours plus menacée: il est urgent d’agir pour la défense des écosystèmes}}, publisher = {Mighty Earth}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://mightyearth.org/article/lamazonie-toujours-plus-menacee-il-est-urgent-dagir-pour-la-defense-des-ecosystemes/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }