BRASILIA, Brazil - ʻO ka nui o ka ululāʻau ʻo Amazon i luku ʻia i ka makahiki i hala aku nei ka haʻahaʻa loa mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka nānā ʻana i ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻoiai ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia e ke aupuni ʻo Brazil.
Ke hōʻike nei ka Associated Press i kēia manawa ke ʻōlelo nei ka Ministry of Environment he 2,703 mau mile square (7,000 square kilometers) i luku ʻia ma waena o ʻAukake 2009 a me Iulai 2010. ʻO ia ka manawa a ke aupuni e hoʻohana ai no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā helu hoʻopau ululāʻau makahiki.
Ma mua, ua ʻōlelo ke aupuni he 2,490 mau mile square (6,450 square kilometers) i luku ʻia.
Wahi a AP, ana nā luna i ka luku me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kiʻi satellite a me nā hoʻoponopono maʻamau.
Hoʻopili ka nahele ua Amazon i ka carbon dioxide a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea pale maikaʻi loa o ke kūlohelohe i ka hoʻomehana honua. Ma kahi o 20 pakeneka o ka Amazon o Brazil ua luku ʻia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- BRASILIA, Brazil - ʻO ka nui o ka ululāʻau ʻo Amazon i luku ʻia i ka makahiki i hala aku nei ka haʻahaʻa loa mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka nānā ʻana i ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻoiai ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia e ke aupuni ʻo Brazil.
- The Associated Press reports that the Environment Ministry now says 2,703 square miles (7,000 square kilometers) were destroyed between August 2009 and July 2010.
- The Amazon rain forest absorbs carbon dioxide and is arguably one of nature’s best defenses against global warming.
