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The fertilisation of the Amazon rainforest by Saharan dust

Our Environment

The Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest covers an area of 6 million square kilometres in northern South America [1]. Unfortunately for the species that inhabit the rainforest, 75% of Amazonian soils are acidic, infertile, and nutrient-deficient [3]. Transport of Saharan dust to the Amazon rainforest. References.

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New high-resolution map shows fires caused one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019

Frontiers

“In the case of the Amazonian fires of 2019, there was no clear information on what exactly was burning: forests or previously deforested areas that had been converted to pasture and cropland,” explained Dr Alexandra Tyukavina, of the University of Maryland. Read original article ?

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The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?

Vermont Law

In Mexico , the Biosphere Reserve Sierra Gorda faces excessive logging, fires, and deforestation for tourist housing. In India, the 2013 flash floods in the Kedarnath Valley occurred due to a climate-change-aggravated melting of glaciers triggered by hordes of tourists banking themselves in the mountains yearly.

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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

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Nestlé: Stop draining water from Pakistani communities and ensure that villages have access to safe drinking water Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) | 2013 Nestlé’s aggressive water grab is already descending like a plague on parts of Pakistan. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily.

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

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Nestlé: Stop draining water from Pakistani communities and ensure that villages have access to safe drinking water Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) | 2013 Nestlé’s aggressive water grab is already descending like a plague on parts of Pakistan. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily.

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

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Nestlé: Stop draining water from Pakistani communities and ensure that villages have access to safe drinking water Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) | 2013 Nestlé’s aggressive water grab is already descending like a plague on parts of Pakistan. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily.

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Cattle and Climate Change: Putting Sustainability in Perspective

HumanNature

Another concern regarding the environmental impact of cattle is the contribution to deforestation and habitat destruction primarily in tropical regions, like the Amazon rainforest, where land has historically been converted from forested land to pastures for grazing (Margulis, 2004; Gibbs et al., methane emissions (EPA, 2022).