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Joining Forces to Save the Green Heart of Our Planet: Halting Amazon Deforestation

Our primary goal is to halt the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest. We aim to preserve the natural forest in its pristine state, with the flora and fauna that have evolved over the past 40 million years since its formation. 

In the native forests we protect, human interference has not yet occurred. Many places offer the discovery of new species of previously unknown plants and animals. An immeasurable wealth of species and classes of medicinal plants, flowers, herbs, fruit trees, and useful trees awaits recognition, cataloging, classification, and appreciation. 

Our mission to protect the nature of existing forest areas is to prevent the increasing, reckless, brutal deforestation of the forests. We have seen how deforestation has taken away the home, nest, food source, life, and offspring of animal mothers, and we have cried.

We do not want to accept this anymore. We want to ensure that these natural life-givers, the trees with their abundant diversity of animal species, continue to fulfill their function of producing oxygen for humanity, the animal kingdom, and the world.

It is an invaluable contribution that these organisms make to counteracting the gradual but drastic changes in the world’s climate. 

Only by preventing the deforestation of the rainforest can we counteract the constant warming of our planet. With increasing oxygen consumption by industry, households, and transportation, new production becomes even more important. However, only plants and oceans can provide this.

It is known that the average temperature has risen by 130.36% in the last 10 years, leading to global catastrophes such as wildfires, torrential rains, droughts, and the melting of glaciers at the North and South Poles. 

About 50 million years ago, the earth was completely ice-free, and the sea level was 50 meters above today’s level. We are heading back to such a state.

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Climate And Environmental Protection Projects

Fauna and Flora Life
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  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Reforestation and conservation of forests.
  • Providing Habitat for Endangered Species
  • Research, acclimatization of plants to climate changes
  • Fostering Scientific Research and Innovation
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Climate Protection and Energy Transition Projects

  • Photovoltaic solar park.
  • Wind energy.
  • Floating Photovoltaic System.
  • Research, Development, Production of Methanol
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Oceanlungs
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  • Cycling of Garbage with Zero CO2 Emissions
  • Natural Disaster Mitigation
  • Decontamination of Water Bodies
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Waterlungs
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  • Decontamination of Water bodies
  • Elimination garbage from rivers and lakes
  • Water Purification
  • Ensure clean air and water
  • Empower local communities
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The Devastating Consequences Of Amazon Deforestation: Disease Outbreaks And Nutrition-Related Health Risks

New research reveals connections between deforestation, disease spread, and nutritional problems

By Uwe Lehnfeld

[Satipo/Berlin, 03.03.24] In the Amazon rainforest, one of the most vital ecosystems globally, increasing deforestation and the loss of the natural environment trigger alarming chain reactions. Research results from scientists at the environmental organization ACRENAP and PLANETLUNGS.ORG demonstrate that the removal of trees leads to a dramatic rise in diseases, as natural defense mechanisms, particularly the released “phytoncides”, are lost.

The threatening impacts range from the increase of diseases such as Leishmaniasis to current cases of Dengue fever in Peru. Mosquitoes, once regulating elements of the food web, become disease carriers when their natural enemies are decimated by deforestation. The disruption of the ecological balance favors the uncontrolled reproduction of mosquitoes, leading to epidemic surges.

Not only disease outbreaks are the issue; deforestation also affects the forests’ ability to capture fine dust particles. One hectare of tropical forest can absorb approximately 60 tons of dust and volatile organic matter annually. The loss of this capability not only influences air quality but also increases the risk of respiratory diseases. The Peruvian National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention, and Disease Control (CDC) emphasizes a significant increase in respiratory infections in the last five years correlated with deforestation.

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The direct impacts on human health are concerning. Balanced nutrition and access to high-quality drinking water are crucial for the normal functioning of the human body and the strengthening of the immune system. Deforestation also threatens the rich plant diversity used by indigenous people for traditional medical treatments, endangering not only biodiversity but also the well-being of local communities.

The impacts of climate change are also noticeable. Changes in temperature and humidity affect the growth and yields of agricultural crops. Potatoes, coffee, and oranges show significant declines, while diseases and pests increase. Agricultural production, the main source of livelihood for many, diminishes, leading to income losses and nutritional deficiencies. Especially vulnerable are children under 3 years old and pregnant women, susceptible to nutrition-related diseases like anemia.

Rising poverty, documented by “Pobreza monetaria” data and the number of poor, reaches alarming levels. Experts advocate for a comprehensive adaptation strategy that includes research, water resource management, and education. Financial resources must be urgently provided to implement these measures at the local level and protect the population from the devastating effects of deforestation.

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© planetlungs.org, Berlin, Germany, planetlungsam@gmail.com, 03.03.2024 Source: Research by Volodymyr Izerskyy and Efraín Bonzano Sosa PLANETLUNGS.ORG (Peru/Germany); ACRENAP (ASOCIACION PARA EL DESARROLLO Y CONSERVACION DE LOS RECURSOS NATURALES PERÚ) and INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA – “IICPT,” RBAV, Peru. In collaboration with UNFCCC, UNESCO. Original Title: SITUACION ACTUAL DE LOS BOSQUES TROPICALES EN LAS CABECERAS DE LAS CUENCAS DEL RIO AMAZONAS – ALERTA Y PROBLEMAS SOCIO AMBIENTALES Y DE LA SALUD HUMANA FRENTE AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO GLOBAL, Satipo, Peru, 2024

Climate Change – Is It Real?

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When it comes to climate change, you have to distinguish between two things. First, there is natural climate change, over which humans have no influence. It is said that the last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago and that since then the average temperatures on earth have risen steadily.

Erratic boulders, which are huge round cut pieces of stone, show that glaciers transported them over hundreds of kilometers from the north to the south. Terminal moraines show how far the ice age armor had advanced. Geology thus leaves no doubt about these processes. The history of the earth shows constantly changing warm and ice ages. This rhythm changes every 300,000 to 600,000 years and therefore a long warm period should lie ahead of us.

This climate change cannot be influenced by us. But there is a second influence on the climate, which can only be attributed to man. For about 100 years, since the industrialization of the world and the resulting use of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas, the average temperature of the earth has been rising faster than it would without human influence.

This is clear: After all, there are more and more cars driving around the world, there are more and more people in the world who want to be warm in winter and burn oil and coal to do so, there is an ever-increasing demand for electricity for households and for industry, for the generation of which a great deal of coal and natural gas is still being burned. 

There are now eight billion people on earth, which represents an enormous consumption mass. And they all want to live, drive a car, use a smartphone, eat, sleep and live, and industry is striving to fulfill all the wishes of these people.

These are the main causes of man-made climate change:

  • Fossil fuels
  • Deforestation
  • Increasing livestock production
  • Nitrogenous fertilizers
  • Fluorinated gases

This second major factor influencing global climate must be added to the first. To natural global warming must be added the man-made rise in temperature. However, because we are intelligent and because we want to preserve our world for as long as possible, we are well advised to influence this second factor for climate change, the way humans contribute to global warming, as much as possible. We should be wise with the world’s resources, and we should address each of these causes to our advantage.

Planetlungs Amazonas (planetlungs.org) wants to start at one place and is committed to stopping the deforestation of the rainforest. There is a difference between taking another 300,000 years for temperatures to rise and having them rise immediately.

© Uwe Lehnfeld, planetlungs.org, 2021

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LOSS OF AMAZON FORESTS AFFECTS THE GULF STREAM AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEM OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN EUROPE

PLANETLUNGS ORG (Germany), and the Peruvian organizations: ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES PERU – “ACRENAP”, the INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF TROPICAL PLANTS “IICPT”, and the consortium of the BIOSPHERE RESERBA AVIRERI VRAEM “RBAV“, join forces to carry out actions to mitigate the impacts of global warming and climate change in Germany and Europe.
Climate is the description in terms of average values and variability of the temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, etc., of a locality or region, over a relatively long period of time, such as 30 years, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Likewise, climate is the result of a complex interaction between the five components of the climate system: the atmosphere, the biosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere and the earth’s surface; which maintain their own dynamics that generate variations in different time scales, events such as El Niño/La Niña, which have durations of some years or events such as glacial eras that occur in periods of thousands and millions of years only eventually interrupted by natural causes, such as volcanic eruptions and variations in solar emissions, or by human activity.

Climate is the description in terms of average values and variability of the temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, etc., of a locality or region, over a relatively long period of time, such as 30 years, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Likewise, climate is the result of a complex interaction between the five components of the climate system: the atmosphere, the biosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere and the earth’s surface; which maintain their own dynamics that generate variations in different time scales, events such as El Niño/La Niña, which have durations of some years or events such as glacial eras that occur in periods of thousands and millions of years only eventually interrupted by natural causes, such as volcanic eruptions and variations in solar emissions, or by human activity.

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Animals Saved

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Planetlungs beteiligt sich aktiv an der Entwicklung von E-Fuel-Energieprojekten. In den kommenden Monaten werden Entwicklungspläne mit verschiedenen Institutionen und Partnern abgestimmt.

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What We Achieved

Planetlungs will work in cooperation with three scientific institutions: ACRENAP, RBAV, INST. TROPISCHE PFLANZEN, these non-profit companies have headquarters in Peru. We will be the representatives in the European community and others to intensify the mutual work between South America and Europe, especially in Germany.

Likewise, sufficient material has been obtained for the publication of a scientifically based book called 

“Book of the Atlas of Rhopalocera of Peru” (1st edition)”, to be published in the next months of 2023. This study is the result of research carried out over the last 20 years by the team of national and international researchers from the NGO ACRENAP in the Peruvian Amazon.

The book aims to identify species of diurnal butterflies from 6 families: Hesperidae, Lycaenidae, Riodinidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalidae (from 10 subfamilies: Apaturinae, Limenitidinae, Charaxinae, Cyrestinae, Brassolinae, Danainae, Heliconinae, Biblidinae, Nymphalinae and Satyrinae) . On the contrary, it also includes photos of the stages of eggs, larvae, pupae and imagoes (females, males and wings) of all the species identified as diurnal pollinators of plants and crops in the Amazon rainforest.

This book presents 569 species of diurnal butterflies from the Peruvian Amazon jungle (100 to 2,500 masl) and their 297 species of host plants (larval stage).

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To develop our purpose and achieve the goals, it is not the job of one person but of all of us who must become aware of what we are experiencing. every day we verify that indeed our planet is in a constant process of warming, we cannot close our eyes and live as blind people and ignore, as in many parts of our planet the signs of changes can be seen.

Let’s work together and learn to love our home, our planet. Come and work with us and you will see that you will discover that we are only beings part of this world but that we can make many changes for the sake of our existence. In the remote world of the Amazon you will discover that we still live in an undiscovered wilderness and that we can still save and take care of our home from so many factors that accelerate climatic changes.

We need professionals such as Biologists, Chemists, nature researchers, fisheries engineers, agriculture, naturists … forest guards, etc.

Join our team and you will feel inspired by nature and the beings of all kinds that await you and depend on all of us not to leave our world.

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We will not survive without oxygen. The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the oxygen available worldwide, which every human being, big and small, poor and rich, young and old need to live. Isn’t that a reason to help save the trees in the Amazon rainforest? Yes we need your help!

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