In the heart of Brazil’s Pará state, within the vast expanse of the Amazon rainforest, lies a central road cutting through the city. On both sides, deforestation operations stretch out like scars on the earth’s surface.
Since 1991, the pace of deforestation in the Amazon has surged dramatically, hitting its peak in 2004 when an alarming 27,423 square kilometers of forest were lost each year.
As this relentless destruction persists, the remaining forest cover dwindles steadily with each passing year.
The Amazon region shelters over half of our green planet’s tropical rainforests and stands as the most biodiverse area on Earth. Yet, as chainsaws and bulldozers continue their march, a glance from above reveals a sobering truth: the once unbroken canopy of the Amazon now bears growing gaps that widen with every passing season.
