Brazil Rain-forest Rescue Plan

More than a decade after Brazil said it would reduce Amazon destruction, it has now pledged to reduce clearing of the world’s largest rain forest to half. Over the past year Amazon deforestation rose 3.8% as forest-razing for agriculture accelerated with soaring beef and soya prices.

The announcement of the new plan coincides with the opening of a United Nations climate conference in Poznan, Poland, indicates that Brazil will reduce the destruction to an annual 2,260 square miles by 2018.

The destruction of the Amazon rain-forest makes Brazil one of the top emitters of greenhouse gases because trees release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when they're cut down or burned.

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