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More than 30 landslides were reported in local media.Luciano Rostagno, the Sao Paulo-based chief strategist at Banco Mizuho do AO VIVO: Temporal em SP interdita marginais, trava linhas de trem e afeta circulação de ônibus Brazil’s southeast has been hit especially hard during this year’s rainy season.

“There is no reason to celebrate a reduction in deforestation in July 2020 relative to July 2019, which was detected by both SAD and DETER alert systems.

“Land grabbing is a vector of deforestation, which is encouraged with the expectation of amnesty and legalization.”“INPE data indicate that Brazil has failed to comply with its climate change law, whose goal for 2020 was to limit deforestation in the Amazon to a maximum of 3,925 square kilometers,” Astrini said via a statement. Others were canceled because crew members couldn’t get to the airport in time.

“This also diverts us from the Paris Agreement route, which will create a series of trade difficulties for Brazil in the critical period of economic recovery expected for the post-pandemic period.”Scientists warn that ongoing deforestation in the Amazon could Mongabay is a reader-supported conservation and environmental science news service. We would have to have rules, implement them, monitor and punish those who break them.”“It will be difficult to contain deforestation if the government continues with its intention to change land legislation and legalize deforested and illegally invaded areas,” added Brenda Brito, an associate researcher at Imazon. The heavy rainfall is forecast to continue into Tuesday.Millions struggled to get to work because of the traffic and public transportation disruptions. Rainfall in first 10 days of February tops monthly average

Sadly, deforestation in 2020 is likely to be higher than in the previous year when the annual statistics from Prodes get released.”Deforestation has been trending higher in the Brazilian Amazon since 2012.

Stalled traffic in Sao Paulo stretched a combined 86 kilometers (54 miles) as of 10:30 a.m. local time.

— G1 (@g1) February 10, 2020 Brazil’s southeast has been hit especially hard during this year’s rainy season. Still, forest loss in the region puts the 2019/2020 deforestation year, which runs from August 1 to July 31, to be the highest since at least 2007. Close Close They have a very erratic discourse against environmental protection.

by Mongabay.com on 7 August 2020 An area of rainforest larger than the city of São Paulo was cleared during the month of July, bringing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon to 9,205 square kilometers over the past 12 months, according to official government data released today by Brazil’s National Space Research Institute INPE. In Sao Paulo, rainfall totaling 30 centimeters in the first 10 days of the month has already topped the average for the whole of February, according to Brazilian meteorology institute Inmet.The heavy rainfall is only part of the problem, however. Brazil – Deadly Floods and Landslides in São Paulo After 280mm of Rain in 12 Hours 4 March, 2020 by FloodList News in Americas, News At least 18 people have died and many more are missing after a storm and torrential rain hammered the coastal Baixada Santista …

The news comes as the region moves into its peak deforestation and fire season, which typically runs through September.INPE’s satellite-based deforestation alert system — called DETER — registered 1,654 square kilometers of forest clearing last month, a decline from the 2,255 square kilometers detected the same month a year ago. The state government said some places recorded more rain in 3 hours than normally seen in the entire month of February. Belo Horizonte, the capital in nearby Minas Gerais state… Firefighters rescue residents isolated by rain in the in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Firefighters rescue residents isolated by rain in the in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Sao Paulo was plunged into chaos early Monday after a deluge of rain caused widespread flooding that shut down the main thoroughfares in Brazil’s wealthiest city.More than 11 centimeters (4.5 inches) of rain fell overnight, halting some train services and stranding cars throughout the metropolitan area of 21 million people as two snaking rivers overflowed into roadways. Our EIN or tax ID is 45-3714703.Every day, Mongabay reporters bring you news from nature’s frontline. “Deforestation was already bad, the trend was upwards, then the government reduced law enforcement last year.

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Open the Data Dash Also to blame is a grossly mismanaged public water system that’s been the subject of intense debate this year as the government pushes privatizations. We have to account for the entire season to assess the real impact. Mongabay is a U.S.-based non-profit conservation and environmental science news platform.

Rivers that snake through city overflowed, snarling traffic Scientists and NGOs attribute the acceleration to Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s policies and rhetoric.

Original report, 10 February 2020: Torrential rain has caused flooding and landslides in the Greater São Paulo area, Brazil. An area of rainforest larger than the city of São Paulo was cleared during the month of July, bringing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon to 9,205 square kilometers over the past 12 months, 34% higher than a year ago, according to official government data released today by Brazil’s National Space Research Institute INPE. INPE is expected to release the preliminary 2019/2020 estimate, which is based on analysis of higher resolution data using a system called PRODES, in October or November.The sharp year-over-year rise in deforestation was confirmed by Imazon, a Brazilian NGO that independently monitors forest loss in the region, “According to our SAD monitoring system, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon closed the 12 month season with 6,536 square miles, an 29% increase over the previous calendar, he told Mongabay.