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=====Inside the faltering fight against illegal Amazon logging===== | |||
[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/brazil-logging by Scott Wallace 28/8/19 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC] | |||
On July 4th, along a dusty backroad in the southwest Brazilian state of Rondônia, near the logging hub of Espigão d’Oeste, unknown assailants stopped a tanker truck, yanked the driver from the cab, and set it ablaze. The truck was carrying aviation fuel to resupply government helicopters supporting an operation against illegal loggers. Fearing further attacks, government agents suspended the operation and withdrew from the area. | |||
=====About Clearcutting===== | =====About Clearcutting===== | ||
[https://www.sierraclub.org/grassroots-network/stop-clearcutting-ca/about-clearcutting by SIERRA CLUB] | [https://www.sierraclub.org/grassroots-network/stop-clearcutting-ca/about-clearcutting by SIERRA CLUB] | ||
Clearcutting is an extreme logging method in which resilient natural forests are harvested and replaced with man-made tree plantations that do not replicate the ecosystem services of a healthy forest. | Clearcutting is an extreme logging method in which resilient natural forests are harvested and replaced with man-made tree plantations that do not replicate the ecosystem services of a healthy forest. | ||
=====Why deforestation matters—and what we can do to stop it===== | =====Why deforestation matters—and what we can do to stop it===== | ||
[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/deforestation by Christina Nunez 7/12/22 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC] | [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/deforestation by Christina Nunez 7/12/22 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC] | ||
