'The Amazon rainforest entered the dry season already with a water deficit due to the 2023 drought, 'says expert

Brasil de Fato

'The Amazon rainforest entered the dry season already with a water deficit due to the 2023 drought, 'says expert

“The drought is killing the coffee plantations,” laments family farmer Gersi de Souza, a resident of Acrelândia in Acre state, one of the 3,978 Brazilian municipalities affected by the current drought. “Last year, we were already in a tough situation. And the situation has become more complicated this year,” he says. This is the worst drought in 70 years in Brazil, according to data from the National Center for Monitoring and Alerts of Natural D…