Amazon Deforestation, Already Rising, May Spike Under Bolsonaro

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By The ConversationJan 28, 2019, 12:27 pm290 pts
By Robert T. Walker Over the past 25 years that I have been conducting environmental research in the Amazon, I have witnessed the the ongoing destruction of the world's biggest rainforest. Twenty percent of it has been deforested by now—an area larger than Texas. I therefore grew hopeful when environmental…

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