Data Find Rainforests Lost 14,000 Square Miles in 2019

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By Deutsche WelleJun 3, 2020, 12:06 pm189 pts
Satellite data collated for the World Resources Institute (WRI) showed primal rainforest was lost across 38,000 square kilometers (14,500 square miles) globally — ruining habitats and releasing carbon once locked in wood into the atmosphere. The count by the University of Maryland means that 2019 was the…

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