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Amazon region loses 10 per cent of its vegetation in nearly four decades

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The Amazon region has lost 10% of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, an area roughly the size of Texas, a new report says.

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The Hindu

Amazon loses 10% of its vegetation in nearly four decades

In almost four decades, 19% of Brazil’s rainforest has been destroyed, due mainly to cattle ranching expansion.

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

Amazon region loses 10 per cent of its vegetation in nearly four decades

The Amazon region has lost 10 per cent of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, an area roughly the size of Texas, a new report says.

1 year ago·Canada

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The Independent

Amazon loses 10% of its vegetation in nearly four decades

The Amazon region has lost 10% of its vegetation in nearly four decades, according to a new report

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Amazon loses 10% of its vegetation in nearly four decades

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Amazon region has lost 10% of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, an area roughly the size of Texas, a new report says. From 1985 to 2021, the deforested area surged from 490,000 square kilometers (190,000 square miles) to 1,250,000 square kilometers (482,000 square miles), unprecedented destruction in the Amazon, according to the Amazon Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental

1 year ago·United States

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Hindustan Times

Amazon loses 10% of its vegetation in nearly four decades : Report

The numbers are calculated from an annual satellite monitoring since 1985 from Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana.

1 year ago·New Delhi, India

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