Adam Mehl

Jun 20, 2024 | blogs.iadb.org | Yves Lesenfants |Robert Muggah |Katherine Aguirre |Adam Mehl

An ecological tipping pointThe Amazonian rainforest is on the brink of an ecological tipping point. Relentless deforestation and degradation are to blame, mostly to make way for cattle, soy, palm, and to extract minerals and metals. Over 95% of the deforestation in the Brazilian Amazonia rainforest is illegal. The extraction of commodities and perpetration of environmental crimes is driven by market forces that value a cleared forest over one that is left standing.