By 1970, scientists had spent 65 years thinking the black lion tamarin, a small monkey with a spectacular mane, was extinct. That year, locals found a small population of the species (Leontopithecus chrysopygus) clinging to survival in a patch of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. After decades of efforts, around 1,800 of these football-sized primates now swing […]

  • Despite a federal protection law, Brazil’s Atlantic Forest lost a Washington, D.C.-sized area of mature forest every year between 2010 and 2020, with most of the deforestation occurring illegally on private lands for agriculture.

  • The Atlantic Forest is a critical biodiversity hotspot that supports 70% of Brazil’s GDP while serving nearly three-quarters of the country’s population.

  • PitLoversNeedMeds@jlai.luEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Most of the Amazon exploiters are not even from Brazil. So of course since the land now belongs to external agents the country’s laws don’t do jack shit.

      • PitLoversNeedMeds@jlai.luEnglish
        11·
        3 days ago

        Whoops, did not realise. My bad. Most news about Brazil and deforestation default to the Amazon, so that’s where my head went.