Deforestation soars 40% in Xingu River Basin in Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay
Jul 2, 2021, 3:54 pm282 pts
A hundred and ninety-six trees per minute. That’s how fast the forest was being cleared in Brazil’s Xingu River Basin between March and April this year. A total of 29,191 hectares (72,132 acres) of Amazon rainforest was lost, an area twice the size of New York City, according to a report published this…

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