Forests and Jungles, the Mexican Lung Under Threat

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Mexico is positioned as the ninth most carbon-absorbing country in the world, but this environmental advantage is threatened by deforestation, which in the last two decades has reduced almost five million hectares of forest area in the country, says a BBVA analysis. Carbon sinks are areas, mainly forests, forests and scrublands, that capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, helping to mitigate climate change. In the case of Mexico, thes…