{"id":77581,"date":"2025-09-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-dev.greenpeace.org\/international\/?page_id=77581"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:21:55","slug":"amazon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/explore\/nature\/amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Protect the Amazon<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Amazon rainforest, which plays a vital role in regulating the global climate, is being destroyed at an alarming rate by profit-driven corporations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This November, world leaders will gather in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon for COP30 to shape the planet\u2019s future. Demand urgent action to stop deforestation now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17%<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of the Amazon has been cut down<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3%<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

More <\/strong>could trigger irreversible collapse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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90%<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of the deforested areas are turned into pasture to produce meat & dairy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The largest rainforest on Earth faces an urgent threat from industries like industrial-scale agriculture. They are ravaging the Amazon, home to the most diverse plants and wildlife in the world. They are cutting and burning down vast areas of forest, all for a quick profit. Scientists warn at this pace, the Amazon may soon be reaching a tipping point<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This November at COP30, political leaders will meet in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, to decide the future of the planet. This is our chance to demand our political leaders move beyond words to urgent action. Join us in demanding that they respect and protect our future.<\/strong> Demand they take action to end forest destruction and support real solutions now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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