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Brasil registró el menor número de deforestación de la selva atlántica en 40 años
Durante las últimas tres décadas, la selva atlántica de Brasil ha sufrido un proceso continuo de deforestación que ha transformado de manera significativa su paisaje y su estructura ecológica. Aunque la cobertura de bosque nativo se ha mantenido relativamente constante, en torno a los 28 a 30 millones de hectáreas entre 1989 y 2018, este aparente equilibrio esconde una fuerte dinámica interna: la pérdida de los árboles más antiguos y biodiversos ha sido compensada en superficie por el aumento de ejemplares jóvenes, que no ofrecen los mismos servicios ambientales ni albergan la misma riqueza biológica.
Entre 2000 y 2015, la pérdida anual de bosques antiguos osciló entre 220.000 y 80.000 hectáreas, informó un estudio de Science Advances. En 2015, se detectó el mínimo de esta serie, con 76.200 hectáreas perdidas ese año. Sin embargo, el reemplazo por bosques más jóvenes ha resultado en una rejuvenecimiento progresivo de la cobertura forestal. Actualmente, cerca del 11% de la selva atlántica está compuesta por vegetación joven, y un tercio tiene menos de 10 años.
El avance de la agricultura y las plantaciones comerciales ha sido el principal motor de la deforestación, con el cultivo de soja, caña de azúcar y café expandiéndose de manera acelerada. En los últimos 40 años, la selva atlántica perdió 2,4 millones de hectáreas de vegetación nativa según datos de Agencia Brasil, lo que es equivalente a una reducción del 8,1% respecto a la superficie registrada en 1985. Actualmente, la región sólo conserva el 31% de su vegetación original, y aproximadamente la mitad de la deforestación reciente afecta áreas con más de 40 años de antigüedad, que son clave para la biodiversidad y el almacenamiento de carbono.
La selva atlántica de Brasil ha registrado un descenso histórico en los niveles de deforestación, alcanzando en 2025 su cifra más baja en cuatro décadas: 8.658 hectáreas deforestadas, según un informe de SOS Mata Atlântica. Es la primera vez desde 1985 que la pérdida de cobertura forestal cae por debajo de las 10.000 hectáreas anuales. Este bioma, el más poblado del país y hogar del 80% de la población brasileña, incluye grandes urbes como Río de Janeiro y São Paulo.
Los resultados positivos han sido recibidos con optimismo por organizaciones ambientalistas, que consideran posible alcanzar la “deforestación cero” en los próximos años si la tendencia se mantiene. Sin embargo, persisten riesgos significativos de retroceso. Entre las amenazas principales destaca la aprobación en el congreso del llamado “proyecto de ley de devastación”, que debilita la legislación ambiental, y la posibilidad de un cambio político hacia un gobierno menos comprometido con la protección ambiental en las elecciones presidenciales de octubre.
La disminución del 40% en la deforestación entre 2024 y 2025 fue confirmada por dos conjuntos de datos diferentes, ambos elaborados en colaboración con organizaciones no gubernamentales. Sin embargo, la ONG advierte que “la deforestación sigue siendo elevada” y señala que cada fragmento de bosque perdido tiene un impacto considerable en este bioma, que solo conserva un 24% de su cobertura forestal original.
Un elemento clave de la tendencia a la baja ha sido la presión pública, la movilización social y la aplicación de políticas ambientales y medidas de control. Pese a este escenario, la nueva ley ambiental, que elimina la necesidad de aprobación federal previa para autorizar la deforestación y transfiere esa potestad a autoridades locales, representa un retroceso sin precedentes desde la década de 1980. Aunque el presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva intentó vetar partes de la ley, el congreso anuló dichos vetos, dejando la constitucionalidad de la norma en manos del tribunal supremo.
Brasil ha puesto en marcha un ambicioso sistema de restauración forestal a gran escala en la Mata Atlántica, con el objetivo de recuperar 15.000 hectáreas de tierras degradadas en el norte del estado de Río de Janeiro, informó TV Brics. Esta iniciativa, considerada un hito en la sostenibilidad ambiental y la acción climática, integra la recuperación ecológica con el desarrollo económico regional.
La restauración se centra en áreas protegidas y sigue la normativa ambiental nacional orientada a la preservación de la biodiversidad. El programa, respaldado por el Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social (BNDES), forma parte de la Estrategia Forestal, que combina herramientas financieras y técnicas para impulsar tanto la regeneración ecológica como la bioeconomía.
Entre 2023 y 2025, esta iniciativa movilizó alrededor de USD 1.400 millones, con el potencial de plantar 280 millones de árboles, generar 70.000 empleos y capturar 54 millones de toneladas de carbono. El proyecto, citado por TV Brics, contempla la creación de más de 800 puestos de trabajo directos en viveros, recolección de semillas y labores de mantenimiento forestal, contribuyendo así a fortalecer la resiliencia climática y a proteger los hábitats naturales.
Como muestra de los avances ecológicos, se ha registrado la reproducción del guacamayo escarlata en la Mata Atlántica por primera vez en casi 200 años. Autoridades ambientales destacan que el regreso de esta especie, clave para la dispersión de semillas y la regeneración del bosque, refleja una tendencia positiva en la restauración del ecosistema y el fortalecimiento de la biodiversidad.
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Indonesian passenger ship carrying 240 people loses contact in Java Sea, search underway
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A passenger ship carrying 240 people vanished from contact in the Java Sea on Sunday local time, triggering an urgent search as Indonesian crews raced to locate the vessel.
The Virgo Transport 8 was traveling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin on the island of Borneo when communications with the ship were lost, the Associated Press reported, citing Indonesia’s Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Office.
Authorities said the vessel was last tracked roughly 92 miles from a pier in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan province.
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Authorities are searching for the Virgo Transport 8 after the passenger ship lost contact while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)
Search-and-rescue teams launched an operation after receiving a report that the ship had suffered a communications failure during the voyage, according to the AP.
Officials had not reported any deaths or injuries as of Sunday, and it was not immediately clear what caused the vessel to lose contact or whether weather conditions were affecting the search.
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The Virgo Transport 8 lost contact while traveling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin, according to officials. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)
The Virgo Transport 8 departed Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, before losing contact while crossing the Java Sea toward South Kalimantan.
The search remains underway.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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‘Trump-level’ smackdown earns Vance roaring praise as 2028 buzz builds at GOP convention
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Republicans reached a consensus that Vice President JD Vance solidified his position as the presumptive 2028 presidential candidate with his «Trump-level» smackdown of a foreign flag-waving protester who disrupted his speech at the Republican National Convention.
Vance did not hesitate after a protester interrupted his primetime speech in Dallas on Thursday by waving the flags of the Palestinian Authority and Mexico. He recalled to those watching his speech on TV: «What the people at home missed is that we just had a protester interrupting us and waving the Mexican flag.»
«Well, my friend, if you love Mexico so much, get your a– over there. I’ll buy you the plane ticket,» the VP said, to which the crowd erupted into applause.
«JD Vance just MIC DROPPED a leftist heckler who interrupted him waving a Mexican flag…this place is DEAFENING,» conservative commentator Eric Daugherty wrote on X, adding, «TOTAL PANDEMONIUM.»
CROWD ERUPTS AS VANCE SMACKS DOWN PROTESTER WAVING MEXICAN FLAG: ‘GET YOUR A– OVER THERE’
A protestor throws a Mexican flag as Vice President JD Vance speaks during the second day of the Republican National Committee midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on September 10, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
Popular conservative pundit Benny Johnson called Vance’s quick wit an «epic response.» President Donald Trump supporter and activist Scott Pressler similarly praised Vance for reacting «without missing a beat,» and called it «an iconic moment.»
«This was masterful. A Trump-level move from JD Vance,» wrote Overton, a conservative commentary and news account. «Vice President Vance perfectly handled a protestor waving a Mexican flag at the RNC in Dallas. Then he fired back with a savage one-liner that sent the American Airlines Center into absolute bedlam.»
The moment was capped off with a «USA!» chant from those in the crowd at the GOP Midterm Convention.
Students for Trump co-founder Ryan Fournier wrote, «JD Vance just absolute [sic] WIPED THE FLOOR with a leftist heckler who interrupted his rally waving a Mexican flag.»
«The crowd went completely WILD. Unbelievable energy,» wrote Fournier.
VANCE DECLARES DEMOCRATS ‘PARTY OF HATRED,’ SAYS PARTY HAS MOVED BEYOND BIG GOVERNMENT, CENSORSHIP
Vice President JD Vance introduces U.S. President Donald Trump to speak on stage on the second day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 10, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
«JD Vance just notched the most iconic moment of the RNC when he told a protester waving a Mexican flag exactly what all red blooded Americans were thinking,» wrote Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet.
Commentator Brilyn Hollyhand put it simply, posting on X, «Yea JD for President after this.»
Vance recovered from the interruption quickly, telling the crowd, «Ladies and gentlemen, I had a whole speech written. But I think I’ve got to change it because we just discovered the symbol of the far left — an idiot waving … a Mexican flag at a protest when he should be waving the flag of the United States of America.»
«Now, we all know, of course, that as much as that person might wave around a foreign flag, he’d much rather live in Dallas, or in Cincinnati, or in any one of our great cities than Mexico,» President Donald Trump’s No. 2 continued. «But while we wave the American flag and fight for the American dream, we have to remind ourselves tonight that the good life that is the foundation of this country’s promise is not guaranteed.»
CHARLIE KIRK HONORED AT GOP CONVENTION WITH CALL TO REJECT ‘COMFORTABLE LOSING’
People hold signs on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 9, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
«Every generation of Americans has had to fight for these things when it’s our turn,» he went on.
«And this fall, the Democrats are running candidates who will tell your children what they’re allowed to say, how they’re allowed to live, and importantly, who they ought to hate, because that’s what the Democrat Party is about in 2026,» Vance continued. «It’s not about you, it’s about foreign fraudsters, and it’s about who they hate. And we got to send their a–es back in November.»
Speculation has swirled over who will be the heir to Trump’s MAGA throne in 2028. The consensus so far among Republicans appears to be split between Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — but a lot could change before the next presidential election.
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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., remembers exactly where he was when the World Trade Center was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
«I was a senior in high school. I was in Mr. Ponzi’s government class. And that’s when the first plane hit. And one of the other teachers came in and was telling Mr. Ponzi about it,» he told Fox News Digital. «We all thought it was a little plane. And then we went to the next class. And then the second plane hit, and everybody realized that stuff was wrong.»
Twenty-five years later, Garbarino leads a congressional committee that oversees a Cabinet department created explicitly after the terror attack. He’s warning that Congress needs to change how it deals with potential threats to avoid another tragedy of that scale.
«Being chairman of the committee, being a New Yorker, it’s one of those things you focus on, and you want to make sure another 9/11 doesn’t happen, and doesn’t ever happen again. And that’s my goal. That’s my priority,» he said.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., is sounding the alarm against congressional «complacency,» 25 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (Newspix via Getty Images)
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«Congress is very good at being reactive… We don’t want another 9/11. So if I could leave my fingerprints on something here, it’s the fact that the focus, Congress’ focus on national security, Congress’ focus on homeland security or safety, is that we address an issue before something happens.»
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He said Congress needed to get into the habit of passing laws ahead of time, «instead of being like, ‘Oh my God I can’t believe this happened, how did this happen, let’s fix it now.’»
«That’s why 9/11 happened. 9/11 happened because our intelligence agencies, they were siloed, they were not sharing information. I don’t know if it was a complacency or whatever, but there were a lot of problems,» Garbarino said. «I don’t want to fall into that same complacency.»
Garbarino represents New York’s 2nd Congressional District, part of Long Island’s south shore. As a suburb of New York City, its residents are deeply attuned to that tragedy 25 years ago.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Andrew Garbarino presides over a hearing in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Dec. 11, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«We have people that lost loved ones that day that are still dealing with it 25 years later,» Garbarino said. «So the scar is still there.»
His district and others are also still dealing with illnesses stemming from that day, including first responders who bravely rushed to the collapsing twin towers.
«There are now more people that have died from 9/11-related illnesses than died on the actual day. So it’s a day that keeps taking people away from us,» Garbarino said.
«You have firemen who, 9/11 was their first call. They were 21, 22 years old. They’re now 47… And a lot of these, some of these cancers, they take a while to take hold, and they’re now just getting sick.»
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN 9/11 AND ACCELERATED AGING
People rush away from the collapsing World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, after two hijacked airplanes hit the twin towers in New York City in a terrorist attack. (Getty Images)
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed legislation led by Garbarino and others to address a projected funding shortfall for the World Trade Center Health Program, which helps survivors pay for their medical treatment.
He said nearly all congressional districts across the country have at least one person participating in the program, a testament to how widespread the tragedy’s effects are.
«People moved out of New York, people who came from all over the country after 9/11 to help, they all went back home, they also got sick. So this does affect the entire country,» Garbarino said.
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