Deforestation in the Amazon will expose millions of Brazilians to extreme heat by 2100 (study)

Brasilia, 1 Oct 2021 (AFP) – The advance of deforestation in the Amazon, combined with global warming, will expose about 12 million Brazilians in the north of the country to extreme heat in 2100, which represents health risks , including death, according to a study published this Friday (1).

“Large-scale deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, associated with climate change, will increase the risk of exposure to extreme heat” , indicates a study by the public health school of the prestigious Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) and the University of São Paulo (USP).

The researchers predict a increase in current temperatures between 7.5° and 11.5° to 2100 in northern regions of the country, considering moderate and extreme scenarios.

“Approximately 12 million people in the northern region of Brazil will be exposed to extreme risk of thermal stress”, indicates the study, which for the first time links the destruction of the forest. and global warming to human health.

Sustained exposure to thermal stress can cause dehydration, exhaustion and, “in more severe cases, stress and collapse of vital functions, which leads to death”.

Furthermore, it affects “the mood, mental disorders and reduces people’s physical and psychological performance”.

– “Limit” for survival -O study demonstrates that “there is a limit to deforestation in the Amazon that will impact the survival of the human species”.

“If deforestation continues at current proportions, the effects will be dramatic for civilization,” said the researcher Paulo Nobre, from Inpe.

The destruction of the largest tropical forest on the planet has seen strong growth since the coming to power of President Jair Bolsonaro, in 2019, in favor of opening the forest for agricultural and livestock activities. mining.

And the devastation is very close to its record level.

In the last 12 months to August, the Amazon lost 8 .712 km², 5% less than the 9,126 km² destroyed between August 2019 and July 2020, the maximum recorded since Inpe began publishing this data in 2015.

Environmentalists, associations of indigenous people – who mostly live in the Amazon – and the international community accuse the Brazilian government of allowing an increase in deforestation and of dismantling the organisms that protect the biome.

– “Mass migration” – In addition to the harmful effects on health, the researchers warn of the socioeconomic effects, which could affect around 30 million people living in the impoverished northern region.

“The population of this region could live in precarious conditions of survival, boosting effects such as mass migration”, they warn.

The increase in forest fires, the expansion of agricultural areas and the mining activity tend to “drive disorderly growth and a process of unplanned urbanization, lack of basic sanitary infrastructure and more frequent informal work”, they note.

val/app/mvv

Note: This article has been indexed to our site. We do not claim ownership or copyright of any of the content above. To see the article at the original source Click Here

Related Posts
Green groups ask Duterte to ban single-use plastics thumbnail

Green groups ask Duterte to ban single-use plastics

September 30, 2021 | 2:24pm A pile of garbage, including plastic waste, is seen as children play on a bridge in downtown Manila on September 4, 2019.AFP / George Calvelo MANILA, Philippines — Environmental groups called on President Rodrigo Duterte to ban single-use plastics in order to address the waste management problem in the country. In…
Read More
Xingping Model Student - New Taipei City was recognized by the Executive Yuan with 4 awards thumbnail

Xingping Model Student – New Taipei City was recognized by the Executive Yuan with 4 awards

新頭殼newtalk | 王峻昌 新北市報導 發布 2022.01.12 | 21:56 今(12)日市政會議上,社會局長張錦麗(右)與人事處長郭素卿(左)共同將金馨獎榮耀獻給侯友宜   圖:新北市人事處提供 新北市政府努力推動性別平等業務,積極將性平意識融入政策措施及民眾的日常生活中,獲頒行政院第19屆金馨獎優等獎、1項性別平等創新獎及2項性別平等故事獎,堪稱是金馨獎大贏家。除了新北副市長謝政達在行政院受獎外,社會局長張錦麗與人事處長郭素卿等人在今(12)日市政會議上,將這項榮耀獻給新北市長侯友宜。 郭素卿表示,市府為推動性別平等,除透過跨局處合作機制推動各項創新措施外,也向下紮根到各區公所,甚至推廣到農漁會、民間團體或私人企業,以多元的方式將性平意識融入日常生活中,讓性平觀點加入在地特色並深入基層,另也積極建構各項硬體友善措施,營造安居樂業的生活環境。 郭素卿指出,此次獲得2項故事獎,其中財政局以「門神有愛 性平無礙-守護憨兒守護你」為主題,邀請板橋大豐里里民及心智障礙學生共同彩繪老舊牆面,創作出極具特色的「女左男右」女生拿電鋸、男生拿鍋鏟之門神,成功消除民眾與弱勢族群間的隔閡,並凝聚性別平等意識,讓性平觀念的種子散播至社區各角落。 此外,社會局以「1/3新局面‧女力全開-全面促進『私部門』女性參與決策機會」獲得性別平等創新獎,透過各項措施成功加速女性參與私部門組織(含民間團體、農漁會等),進而提升擔任決策階層之比例,另針對響應政策修訂章程且理監事已符合單一性別不低於三分之一之團體,舉行頒獎典禮公開表揚,讓人民團體獲得參與性別平等工作的成就感,帶動更多團體修訂章程,成功促進女性參與決策的機會。 郭素卿說,市府持續不斷的精進推動性平業務,已連續3次獲得行政院優等獎的肯定,成績均為六都第一,未來仍將透過跨局處合作方式辦理各項性平創新措施,讓性平觀念深入新北市各個角落,展現「性平生活化、無處不性別」的精神! 性平模範生-新北市獲行政院4項大獎肯定新北市政府努力推動性別平等業務,積極將性平意識融入政策措施及民眾的日常生活中,獲頒行政院第19屆金馨獎優等獎、1項性別平等創新獎及2項性別平等故事獎,堪稱是金馨獎大贏家。除了新北副市長謝政達在行政院受獎外,社會局長張錦麗與人事處長郭素卿等人在今(12)日市政會議上,將這項榮耀獻給新北市長侯友宜。 市府榮獲行政院第19屆金馨獎優等獎,在行政院接受羅秉成政務委員的頒獎鼓勵   圖:行政院性平處提供
Read More
Reduction in the number of French visas: Franco-Moroccans denounce an "unfair" decision taken "cookie-cutter" thumbnail

Reduction in the number of French visas: Franco-Moroccans denounce an “unfair” decision taken “cookie-cutter”

Des Franco-Marocains, acteurs au quotidien des liens entre la France et le Maroc, ont dénoncé la décision de Paris de réduire, de manière drastique, les conditions d’octroi des visas pour les citoyens marocains, qualifiant d' »injuste » cette décision prise à « l’emporte-pièce ». Dans un texte intitulé « VISAVIE », rendu public mercredi, ils ont fustigé « une décision prise à…
Read More
Daily Horoscope: January 8, 2022 thumbnail

Daily Horoscope: January 8, 2022

The moon enters fire sign Aries at 12:26 AM, inspiring courage and bringing a happy-go-lucky energy, especially as the moon mingles with chatty Mercury in free-spirited Aquarius at 2:37 PM. An important moment in Venus retrograde’s journey arrives when it meets the sun in Capricorn at 7:48 PM, encouraging us to re-orient ourselves in our…
Read More
Index Of News
Consider making some contribution to keep us going. We are donation based team who works to bring the best content to the readers. Every donation matters.
Donate Now

Subscription Form

Liking our Index Of News so far? Would you like to subscribe to receive news updates daily?

Total
0
Share