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28/05/2014
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The Atlantic Forest has lost 235 square kilometers ( km ² ) of vegetation from 2012 to 2013, which represents a 9% increase in the pace of the devastation from the last evaluated (2011-2012 ) period , according to the Atlas of Forest Remnants Atlantic Forest , prepared by the non-governmental organization ( NGO ) SOS Mata Atlântica, in partnership with the National Institute for Space Research ( INPE ) released today ( 27 ) . The area equivalent to 24,000 football fields . This is the ninth edition of the study .
Atlantic Forest lost 235 square miles of vegetation between 2012 and 2013Arquivo/Agência Brazil
" The Atlantic is a national treasure , an extremely endangered biome , because part of the population lives in this area depends on your resources , then the effort and participation of society are important for us to preserve these forests and have the assurance of environmental services enjoying good part of the population , "said the executive director of SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation and coordinator of the atlas, Marcia Hirota .
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Cup will generate emission of 1.4 million tons of gas effect estufaA Atlantic Forest is one of the richest biomes in biodiversity , with up to 60 % of its species exist only in that area . According to SOS Mata Atlântica , the annual rate of deforestation recorded in this period is the largest since 2008 , when it was pointed out the loss of 343.1 km ² of forest . Between 2008 and 2010 the average annual destruction rate was 151.8 km ² . Currently , there are only 8.5 % of remaining forests above 100 acres . Add all the fragments of native forest above 3 hectares , left 12.5 % of the original area of the biome , which had 1.3 million km ² when Brazil was discovered .
In all, 17 states are officially covered by Atlantic Forest , and the fifth consecutive year , Ontario was one of the states that are most destroy the biome , with a loss of 84.3 km ² of forest . " In previous editions , Ontario ranked second , then the state has always been at the top of the deforestation of the Atlantic Forest . Since last few years we have done much to alert the state government regarding the different sectors so we can take Minas Gerais the top of the list because it is the state that has the largest area of preserved forest . "
Piauí appears next in rank of deforestation in the period , less 66.3 km ² of forest . Bahia was the third state that most deforestation , with 47.7 km ² within the range evaluated vegetation . In São Paulo , there was a 51% drop in deforestation compared to the last period . Still, the study shows that nearly 1 km ² of forest disappeared between 2012 and 2013 . During this period , the Rio de Janeiro reported loss of 0.1 km ² .
The investigator and technical coordinator of the study by INPE , Flávio Jorge Ponzoni , explained that the purpose of the atlas is to make a diagnosis and not the work of tax or police . " We do a comprehensive mapping of the biome as a whole. Before we did the upgrade of five years , then we do every two years now and every year . This becomes more effective in identifying Atlas Deforested areas. "
The director of public policy NGO , Mario Mantovani , said that 26 years ago today the Atlantic Forest was included in the Constitution as the only biome that has rules . However , under pressure from deforestation continues .
According to Mantovani , there is a contradiction between compliance with federal law and the growth of deforestation in Minas Gerais and Piauí because these states do not recognize the Atlantic as an area to be preserved . " Another thing that we noticed was the urban sprawl . But we got a form of mobilization of the laws, which are the municipal plans . If the municipality does its regularization can identify how to use each area , "he said .
Source : Agencia Brazil
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