Terrible destruction in the lungs of the world: A forest the size of 3,000 football fields a day…

In a statement made by the Amazon Institute for Human Rights and the Environment, it was stated that deforestation in the Amazon increased rapidly in 2022. In the statement, it was noted that last year trees were cut down and destroyed in the forest area, which has about the size of 3,000 football fields a day.

In the statement, it was stated that 287 square kilometers of forest area were destroyed in December 2022; It was indicated that this corresponds to 105 percent more area than in December 2021.

Called the “lungs of the world,” the Amazon rainforest, which provides 20 percent of the earth’s oxygen, prevents the release of more than a billion tons of atmospheric carbon per year.

Home to 10 percent of the world’s animal and plant species, the Amazon is also home to more than 400 indigenous tribes living in eight different countries in South America. (AA)