{"id":12390,"date":"2021-07-19T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/?p=12390"},"modified":"2021-08-17T12:45:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T15:45:57","slug":"a-amazonia-agora-e-produtora-de-carbono-mas-ainda-ha-tempo-para-reverter-os-danos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/a-amazonia-agora-e-produtora-de-carbono-mas-ainda-ha-tempo-para-reverter-os-danos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amazon is now a net carbon producer, but there\u2019s still time to reverse the damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A study published in Nature this month by a group of Brazilian scientists revealed that the Amazon is now emitting a billion tonnes more carbon dioxide each year than it can absorb.<\/p>\n<p>To change this situation, we must better implement enforcement to fight and inhibit illegal activities that cause deforestation and environmental crimes in the Amazon; provide positive incentives for sustainable use and good practices in forestry and agriculture; support indigenous peoples and local communities\u2019 economies; increase transparency and traceability of Amazon products; and engage the private sector and international community in green financing and other environmental solutions.<\/p>\n<p>From individuals to large organisations, we must boycott the products and initiatives that drive deforestation, and instead consume products and fund initiatives that keep the forest standing. If both the Brazilian and global societies don\u2019t wake up to the importance of a healthy Amazon to the fight against the pervasive effects of climate change in the region, we will all lose out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study published in Nature this month by a group of Brazilian scientists revealed that the Amazon is now emitting a billion tonnes more carbon dioxide each year than it can absorb. To change this situation, we must better implement enforcement to fight and inhibit illegal activities that cause deforestation and environmental crimes in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,68,64,66],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.7.3","language":"en","enabled_languages":["br","en","es"],"languages":{"br":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12393,"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12390\/revisions\/12393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocaa.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}