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Deforestation in Amazon Is Driven by Consumption | Will this Lead to Our Demise?

Washington (ONGC) Analysis | March 4, 2022 by Noreen Wise, Founder & CEO of Our New Green Culture; Image Credit: AdobeStock

Deforestation numbers for January 2022 have just been released and reveal that a staggering number of trees were felled in the Amazon rainforest this winter. This, despite it being the rainy season when loggers usually stay away, and despite the fact that 141 world leaders, including Bolsonaro of Brazil, signed the Declaration On Forests and Land Use at COP26 in Glasgow to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. 

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