Almost five decades after their planting began, eucalyptus plantations have become the main cause of the deterioration of water resources in the semi-arid region of Minas, says technician Walter Viana, head of Environmental Monitoring at the Northern Minas Environment and Sustainable Development Commission, and author of a thesis on desertification in the region. As a measure to combat the water shortage that the growth of eucalyptus causes, environmentalists defend the prohibition on new plantings in the region. Read the article (in Portuguese) here:
See also WRM's report, “The Impacts of Industrial Tree Plantations on Water” in Portuguese and Spanish.
PO: http://wrm.org.uy/pt/files/2016/10/Impactos-en-el-agua-de-las-plantaciones-industriales-de-%C3%A1rboles-PORTUGUES.pdf
SP: http://wrm.org.uy/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Impactos-en-el-agua-de-las-plantaciones-industriales-de-%C3%A1rboles-1.pdf
