The environment of Brazil is characterized by high biodiversity with a population density that decreases away from the coast. Brazil’s large area comprises different ecosystems, which together sustain some of the world’s greatest biodiversity.

Changes to the environment that humans are causing in Brazil Deforestation is a big problem in Brazil. People are cutting down the Amazon Rainforest for timber, as well as for commercial farmland.

The Brazilian government has also been a big proponent of international green building standards, which has pushed many local governments in this country to promote the legislation of clean technology, such as that which involves providing land charge discounts for water recycling, waste reduction or renewable energy …

For Brazilian, the most significant factor that causes climate change is the burning of the Amazo- nian rainforest. Every year tons of CO2 are launched into the atmosphere due to the process of economic occupation of the Amazon. Despite government efforts, this process remains uncontrolled.

Brazil has serious problems with crime. With roughly 23.8 homicides per 100,000 residents, muggings, robberies, kidnappings and gang violence are common. Police brutality and corruption are widespread.

The climate plan, led by the environment ministry, is aimed at meeting Brazil’s international commitment under the 2015 Paris Agreement to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 37% from 2005 levels by 2025 and an “intended reduction” of 43% by 2030. …

The country has committed to implementing actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by 2030, in comparison to 2005 levels. To achieve this target, Brazil intends to adopt measures that include, among others: Raising the share of renewable sources (wind and solar power) in the country’s energy mix to 45%.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazilians are more concerned about climate change as a catastrophic risk compared with residents in several other big economies, a survey showed on Wednesday, reflecting the impact vividly underway in the South American nation.

The Brazilian national government and the state of São Paulo have taken progressive actions since the 1980s to curb air pollution, starting with programs to control sulfur dioxide (SO2) from industrial sources and followed by nationwide standards for cleaner vehicles and fuels (termed PROCONVE).

Air pollution kills about 49,000 Brazilians every year. Deaths from both outdoor and indoor air pollution represent one in every 26 deaths from all causes in Brazil, making it the ninth largest mortality risk in the country.

Likely due to trade liberalization, Brazil has a high concentration of pollution-intensive export industries. Studies point to this as evidence of Brazil being a pollution haven. The highest of levels of pollution intensity are found in export-related industries such as metallurgy, paper and cellulose, and footwear.

Air quality in Brazil can be affected by the cement industry, mining, the petrochemical industry, steel industry, forest and agricultural burning, and vehicle production.

Deforestation in Brazil is one of the leading causes to our planets Global Warming crisis. Brazil and its rainforest habitat is seen as the lungs of the World, and steadily deforestation is killing our Earths lungs.

Deforestation has an effect on global air quality because trees release water vapor into the air which affects atmospheric temperatures and other crucial elements that keep this earth of ours ticking over nicely. This inevitably results in all of us breathing dirtier and more polluted air than we otherwise would.

Cattle ranching is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In Brazil, this has been the case since at least the 1970s: government figures attributed 38 percent of deforestation from 1966-1975 to large-scale cattle ranching.

The clear cutting of rainforests may yield a quick payoff for local villagers in the Brazilian Amazon, but in the end typically leaves the community just as poor as before, according a study in the journal Science.

In practice, illegal logging is widespread in Brazil. Up to 60 to 80 percent of all logging in Brazil is estimated to be illegal, with 70% of the timber cut wasted in the mills. Most illegal logging companies are international companies that don’t replant the trees and the practice is extensive.

Ninety-four percent of Brazil’s deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is considered illegal, per a report from a group of local environmental experts and university researchers.

According to USAID, inequality of land distribution is a major factor contributing to poverty levels in Brazil. Brazil’s poor have inadequate access to desirable land, and NPR reported in 2015 that one percent of the population controls 50 percent of all the land in Brazil.