Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon dropped 13 percent in 2017

Mongabay
Feb 16, 2018, 10:42 am328 pts
A recent analysis of satellite images gives a glimpse into Peru’s widespread deforestation in 2017. The analysis, which was produced by the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), found 143,425 hectares of forest were lost across the Peruvian Amazon during 2017 — the equivalent of 200,000 soccer…

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