Question

Is anything being done to eliminate the burning tropical forests?

Answer 1

Yes. Currently, Brazil is attempting to preserve the Amazon. Deforestation rates in the Amazon rainforest have fallen dramatically in the past decade. In 2004 during peak deforestation, a whopping 27,400 square kilometers of Amazon rainforest were cleared in a single year, an area roughly the size of Massachusetts. By 2014, deforestation rates in the Amazon had decreased to 4,800 square kilometers of forest cleared per year, roughly one sixth of the peak rate in 2004. Under current policies, there is hope for reducing Amazon deforestation to zero within the next decade.

Answer 2

Today tropical rainforests are disappearing from the face of the globe. ... So, what should be done? ... Rainforests are being cut mostly for economic reasons, though there .... The payments go toward activities that reduce deforestation, whether its creating alternative livelihoods to slash-and-burn agriculture, ...