The Amazon rainforests in Brazil are considered to be the lungs of the Earth. They absorb 1.6 billion tonnes of CO2 annually , that’s 4% of global annual carbon emission by humans.
As the forest is being cut down at a rapid rate for the past few years, it is decreasing the forest’s ability to absorb carbon, it is also releasing already stored carbon back into the atmosphere. During the past decade, the amazon rain forests have shrunk by 3,50,000 sq km and have absorbed 13% less carbon dioxide than they have absorbed, If the current trend of deforestation continues, it will lead to a tipping point where the forest will lose the ability to sustain itself and will be irreversibly damaged.
According to a study published in Nature Climate Change, the emissions from the Brazilian Amazon during the period of 2001-20 were higher than the emissions from Argentina or Pakistan. Although the whole amazon forest remained a net carbon sink. Brazil had pledged to stop deforestation in the Amazon by 2028, but the current president of Brazil has relaxed the enforcement of environmental safeguards.
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