What would be the effect of shrinking rainforests in the Amazon Basin
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In addition to forever destroying huge sections of the world's largest rainforest, that shift would release tremendous quantities of planet-warming greenhouse gases, which could hasten the decline of whatever forest remained
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The rate at which rainforest is being cleared in the Brazilian Amazon has increased in recent years—and under the new president, Jair Bolsanaro, it's expected to accelerate further. The forest is often burned to clear it, with the land then being used for cattle pasture or farm fields.
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The president of Brazil has been pursuing his big plans for the Amazon rainforest, even as parts of it burn in massive wildfires.
He has been working to carve more mines and pave new roads. He has been pushing for fewer penalties for cutting down trees, and he has promised to halt growth of a network of indigenous forest reserves.
When Jair Bolsonaro, a 63-year-old retired Brazilian military officer, took the helm in January of a country that manages 1.5 million square miles of the Amazon, the risks to wildlife and indigenous tribal communities were hotly debated. With Bolsonaro's plans, deforestation rates in Brazil could quickly triple, according to an assessment by scientists.