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🟢#WorldRainforestDay🟢
#Rainforests play a major role in carbon sequestration & climate change mitigation
They also contribute to cloud formation, precipitation, and hydrological cycles while preventing erosion
⬇️Amazon Rainforest fragment seen by #Copernicus #Sentinel2🇪🇺🛰️ https://t.co/Z3luhHCpi8

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1671775154056183808

#Deforestation reduces rainfall, causing further damage to local vegetation 🌿.

ERC grantee @DomSpracklen proves a clear link between deforestation and a drop in local precipitation across the world’s #rainforests.

Discover more 👇

@UniversityLeeds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/01/scientists-prove-clear-correlation-between-deforestation-and-rainfall-levels

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1634909611173232641

RT @unredd: The benefits of conserving #rainforests are immense. It’s time to share those gains with the #people who live there!

We are #BetterWithForests🌲

@TheEconomist @UNEP @Climateforest

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/03/02/saving-the-rainforests-would-be-a-bargain?utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1633875997215817735

RT @UNBiodiversity: Tackling #climatechange, protecting #biodiversity & preserving precious #ecosystems like #rainforests are inseparable.

If we fail to do so, we'll destroy the very foundations of life.

We must all act together now.

via @EUClimateAction

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUClimateAction/status/1612190995000483840

#Rainforests 🌴 only cover 6️⃣% of the Earth’s surface, yet 50% of all terrestrial #biodiversity is found in these #ecosystems.

#Deforestation threatens these ecosystems, such as mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest ⬇
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/364na3_en.pdf

#WorldRainforestDay

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/SfEP/status/1539551235417702400

RT @SfEP: #Rainforests 🌴 only cover 6️⃣% of the Earth’s surface, yet 50% of all terrestrial #biodiversity is found in these #ecosystems.

#Deforestation threatens these ecosystems, such as mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest ⬇
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/364na3_en.pdf

#WorldRainforestDay

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_ENV/status/1539580511567355906