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frankIIe t1_j43w9m6 wrote

The south and east of Brazil would look better with more forest

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too_long_didnt_read5 t1_j44z22h wrote

East is a arid region, nearly a desert and south is mostly prairies but there is some endangered pine forest too.

Brazil is the 5th biggest country, there’s plenty of biomes beside rainforests.

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frankIIe t1_j47a9mk wrote

Ok for the aridity in the east, but there used to be a lot more forest in the near-south region and this is clearly visible on Google maps.

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Luemery t1_j44ze3u wrote

It would, wouldn't it? That's because it had more forest! A lot more actually.

South/southeast Brazil is home to the Mata Atlântica, another absurdly biodiverse biome Brazil used to have. But, being the main point of the conquest added to the high mountains right after the coastline, along other things, most of the forest is gone today.

We lost 85% of the gorgeous forests that marked our south/southest and, unfortunately, are at risk of losing a lot of the north as well. We lost almost 20% in the last 50 years, and are near a tipping point where the Amazon might collapse into a huge savannah.

Even worse, the last 4 years of government were marked by a blatant disregard of the situation and record deforesting. Good news is that prick is out :)

My point being: people need to be held accountable for our forests, and that starts with people thinking we'd look better with more of them.

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Immarhinocerous t1_j45kkn8 wrote

Bolsenaro is a stain on both humanity and other life on this planet. I hope Lulu is much better.

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