Brazil's Amazon: Deforestation 'surges to 12-year high'
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'Shameful and Outrageous': New Satellite Data Reveals Brazilian Amazon Deforestation at 12
Brett Wilkins, staff writer"Instead of acting to prevent the increase in deforestation, the Bolsonaro government has been denying the reality of the situation, dismantling environmental agencies, and attacking NGOs."
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high under Bolsonaro
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon surged again over the past year, hitting a 12-year high, according to official figures released Monday that drew a chorus of condemnation of President Jair Bolsonaro's government. A total of 11,088 square kilometers (4,281 square miles) of forest was destroyed in Brazil's share of the world's biggest rainforest in the 12 months to August, according to the Brazilian space agency's PRODES monitoring program, w…
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