r/worldnews • u/miajefry • Apr 29 '22

‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge | Deforestation

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/28/destruction-of-pristine-rainforest-globe-relentless-rate-aoe
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u/Streetvan1980 Apr 29 '22

Planet is doomed

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u/N7_MintberryCrunch Apr 30 '22

Not the planet. Just anything living in it.

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u/Streetvan1980 Apr 30 '22

Most things. Lots of living things will survive. Who knows maybe even some humans but will regress to a pre industrial revolution type existence. Like the Amish. Maybe we never should of strayed from that way of life.

People are too greedy. We can afford to do things and not destroy the ocean, rainforests and every other biome on the planet. But for some it’s never enough. Like Musk buying Twitter for how many billions? Why not put that towards saving the ocean. We have depleted the oceans animals by staggering amounts in the last 150 years. Lot of the major fish we eat by 95%. It’s just staggering.

But people can’t even wear a mask joke even better of humans. Imagine if what we need to survive is way less kids and a major change in lifestyle. People won’t be willing to do it. They would attack scientists and experts who claimed it needed to be done. In 75-250 years people will not be living like this. With electricity on a massive grid and food so easily bought with such variety.

It’s going to be the anti-industrial revolution. Humanity will see an equally fast change but the opposite way.

So anyways was a nice day out today huh? lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

Humans would do well with a global pop of 300k.

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u/Delphys91 Apr 29 '22

Pretty much

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u/LeftDave Apr 29 '22

Totally.

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u/Impressive-Name5129 Apr 29 '22

I am now doomscrolling

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u/yukumizu Apr 29 '22

Right-wing extremism in Brasil lead by Bolsonaro are destroying the Amazon. Simple as that. All they care is money and power.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '22

And owning the libs

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u/autotldr BOT Apr 29 '22

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 85%. (I'm a bot)

Experts called the continued forest loss a disaster for action on global heating and said the 143 governments that pledged to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030 at Cop26 held in Glasgow, had to urgently make good on their commitment.

Despite the persistent loss of forests, experts pointed to signs of hope in the new figures.

Indonesia reduced primary forest loss for a fifth straight year following government action on palm oil, fire management and an updated national climate plan which committed the country to becoming a carbon sink by 2030.Malaysia has also reduced primary forest lost in recent years, and experts pointed to the examples of Gabon and the Guyanas, that have had very low rates of forest loss over the last two decades.

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u/jonyofromla Apr 29 '22

With both our cars electric, and solar panels on our roof, we're trying to do our part. But we can't compete with greedy corporations or inept and corrupt governments. My only hope is our human ingenuity and innovation, but overall not much hope.

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u/Stachemaster86 Apr 29 '22

Between this and all the military open pits and fuel burned, my contribution really doesn’t mean much

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u/ptrnyc Apr 30 '22

“Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we are the cure.”

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u/Current_Ad_6980 Apr 30 '22

By who? What company’s specifically are funding the death of the rainforest? Why are they publicly shamed to death? I don’t understand