New satellite data reveals forest loss far greater than expected in Brazil Amazon

Mongabay
Jan 18, 2018, 7:16 pm172 pts
The Brazilian Amazon lost 184 km2 of forest in December 2017, according to the country’s Institute of Man and the Environment of the Amazon (Imazon). The data, obtained exclusively by the Brazilian news network GLOBO, show a significant increase in deforestation over that of December 2016, when just 9 km2 of…

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