Worst case scenario for the Amazon forest

Worst case scenario for the Amazon forest

2050 global climate change has already contributed to rising temperatures in the Amazon which, when combined with deforestation, have led to a cycle of lower precipitation and a greater frequency of droughts. Researchers at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research say that the Amazon could reach a tipping point – the point at which deforestation…

  • Produced by:
    Philippe Rekacewicz assisted by Cecile Marin, Agnes Stienne, Guilio Frigieri, Riccardo Pravettoni, Laura Margueritte and Marion Lecoquierre
  • Year:
    01/03/2006

Worst case scenario for the Amazon forest

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