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17/07/2013
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Learn more about the actions that can be performed in their daily lives to support this cause and contribute to the fight against deforestation
July 17 is Day of Protection of Forests. One of the biggest threats to this ecosystem is deforestation, which continues to advance in large proportions. Official data from the Brazilian government show that between August 2010 and February 2013, was cleared an estimated area of 12,589 km2 of forests in the Amazon, of which 62.2% was occupied by pastures. Are nearly eight thousand km2 of forests turning pasture area equivalent to five times the city of São Paulo, or 1 million football fields.
Every product has a story that begins in the extraction of raw materials and ends at the disposal of the product. Today, deforestation is part of most supply chains of what we consume - like meat, we cited the example above.
Changes of habit in favor of conscious consumption can contribute to change this reality, favoring a mode of production and consumption more sustainable and responsible. Reduce the daily consumption of meat, for example, can help to change the landscape of devastation of the Amazon.
Watch the video above, which invites Internet users to sign a petition in favor of a bill popular initiative zero deforestation. Subscribe, disclose, share: www.ligadasflorestas.org.br! Moreover, the testimony also explain how consumption in large cities is related to the Brazilian forests and disseminates the actions that can be performed in your everyday to support this cause.
Source: Akatu
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