{"id":66834,"date":"2024-05-02T22:23:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T20:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=66834"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:55:46","slug":"this-is-what-deforestation-looks-like-in-argentina-in-10-shocking-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/66834\/this-is-what-deforestation-looks-like-in-argentina-in-10-shocking-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what deforestation looks like in Argentina – in 10 shocking photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This story was originally posted by Greenpeace Argentina in Spanish<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Clearing and deforestation are aggressively advancing on the native forests of northern Argentina, according to a recent report<\/a> from Greenpeace Argentina based on satellite monitoring imagery.<\/p>\n\n

To understand the magnitude of the damage caused, the images below show some of the highlights from this new investigation along with part of the photographic survey of cleared areas.<\/p>\n\n

\u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace<\/div>\u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace” alt=”2023 Clearings in Chaco.
\u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace<\/div>\u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace” class=”wp-image-66837″\/>
2023 Clearings in Chaco.
\u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Clearings
Clearings in Chaco.
\u00a9 Martin Katz \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Clearings
Clearings in Chaco .
\u00a9 Martin Katz \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

During 2023, 126,149 hectares of native forests were lost in the north of the country, 6.2% more than in 2022.<\/p>\n\n

\"Great
Great Chaco.
\u00a9 Mart\u00edn Katz \/ Greenpeace <\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Clearings
Clearings in Formosa.
\u00a9 Mart\u00edn Katz \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

It\u2019s clear that there was an increase in land clearings last year, especially illegally.<\/p>\n\n

\"Communities
Communities and activists protest against a Chilean company in Misiones.
\u00a9 Mart\u00edn Katz \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

100% of the clearings in Chaco and 80% of the clearings in Santiago del Estero were illegal.<\/p>\n\n

\"Aerial
Aerial view of Deforestation in the Gran Chaco.
\u00a9 Mart\u00edn Katz \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The main cause of the loss of native forests in Argentina is the growth of the agricultural industry, mainly for intensive livestock farming and genetically modified  soybeans, which are mostly exported to Asia and Europe.<\/p>\n\n

\"Deforestation
Deforestation in the province of Formosa. March 2023.
\u00a9 Mart\u00edn Katz \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Tree
Tree cut in Misiones, Argentina.
\u00a9 Mart\u00edn Katz \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The increasing levels of deforestation in Argentina and around the world intensify the consequences of climate change, which range from more and frequent extreme weather events, to the extinction of species, displacement of native and Indigenous communities and impacts on human health.<\/p>\n\n

\u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace<\/div> \u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace” alt=”2023 Clearings in Chaco.
\u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace<\/div> \u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace” class=”wp-image-66846″\/>
2023 Clearings in Chaco.
\u00a9 Alejandro Espeche \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Meri Castro is a Digital Content Creator at Greenpeace Andino.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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