Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest , and recover of degraded pastures. In August 2017, Brazilian president Michel Temer abolished an Amazonian nature reserve the size of Denmark in Brazil's northern states of Pará and Amapá. Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest The cattle sector of the Brazilian Amazon, incentivized by the international beef and leather trades, has been responsible for about 80% of all deforestation in the region, or about 14% of the world's total annual deforestation, making it the world's largest single driver of deforestation. By 2017, 20% of land forested before 1970 in the Amazon had been deforested, and 90% of that been converted
Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest organization of the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA). AIDESEP was founded by: Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (Spanish: "Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana" - AIDESEP) is a Peruvian national indigenous rights organization, presided over by a decentralized National Council. The organization comprises 57 federations and territorial organizations. These organizations represent 1,350 communities of roughly 350,000 indigenous people who speak a plurality of languages. Members of AIDESEP work to improve the health, education, housing, and organization of indigenous peoples.