Amazon rainforest destruction is accelerating, shows government data

Mongabay
Jun 11, 2021, 12:47 pm241 pts
Destruction of Earth’s largest rainforest is accelerating ahead of the region’s peak fire and deforestation season, reveals data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute INPE. According to INPE’s satellite-based deforestation tracking system, DETER, forest clearing in the Brazilian…

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