Brazil revises Amazon deforestation 6% upward

Mongabay
Oct 4, 2016, 4:20 pm157 pts
The Brazilian government has revised upward its estimate for the extent of Amazon rainforest destroyed last year. Figures released last week by Brazil's National Space Research Agency (INPE) put Amazon deforestation at 6,207 square kilometers for the year ended July 31, 2015. That represents an increase of 6.5…

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