Pasture replaces large tract of intact primary forest in Brazilian protected area

Mongabay
May 13, 2022, 7:10 pm840 ptsInteresting
Satellites have detected forest clearing within Triunfo do Xingu this year, an area that’s supposed to be a legally protected swath of Amazon rainforest in Brazil’s northern state of Pará. Home to jaguars, howler monkeys, rare margays, and a wellspring of other diversity, the protected area was created in…

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