{"id":4256,"date":"2009-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4256\/slaughtering-the-amazon\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:47:55","slug":"slaughtering-the-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/slaughtering-the-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Slaughtering the Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>The cattle sector in the Brazilian Amazon is the largest driver of deforestation in the world, responsible for an average of one acre lost every 8 seconds. Efforts to halt global deforestation emissions must tackle this sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/f97d5ed8-screen-shot-2020-07-17-at-12.26.41-pm.png' alt='Screen Shot 2020-07-17 at 12.26.41 PM' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/966c3a36-slaughtering-the-amazon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download document<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Executive summary:<\/b> <b>Zero deforestation is a climate imperative<\/b><br \/>\nForests play a vital role in stabilizing the world\u2019s climate by storing large amounts of carbon that would otherwise contribute to climate change. The Amazon is estimated to store 80-120 billion tons of carbon. If destroyed, some fifty times the annual GHG emissions of the USA could be emitted.<\/p>\n<p><b>Destruction of the Amazon, the world\u2019s most important forest carbon store, is being driven by the cattle sector.<\/b><br \/>\nThe Brazilian Amazon has the greatest annual average deforestation by area of anywhere in the world. The cattle sector is the key driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. According to the Brazilian government, cattle are responsible for about 80% of all deforestation in the Amazon region.<\/p>\n<p><b>The cattle sector in the Brazilian Amazon is responsible for 14% of the world\u2019s annual deforestation.<\/b><br \/>\nThis makes it the world\u2019s largest driver of deforestation, responsible for more forest loss than the total deforestation in any country outside Brazil except Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>Use the &#8220;Download PDF&#8221; link below to read the Executive Summary. You can also download the full report in four separate sections by right-clicking on the following links and saving to your computer&#8217;s hard drive:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"act\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/c057da07-slaughtering-the-amazon-part-1.pdf\">Slaughtering the Amazon &#8211; Part 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"act\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/f5af2cfe-slaughtering-the-amazon-part-2.pdf\">Slaughtering the Amazon &#8211; Part 2<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"act\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/a1ed50c1-slaughtering-the-amazon-part-3.pdf\">Slaughtering the Amazon &#8211; Part 3<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"act\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/11879ab3-slaughtering-the-amazon-part-4.pdf\">Slaughtering the Amazon &#8211; Part 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Num. pages:<\/b> 13<\/p>\n<p>2020 follow up report: <a 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