Amazon deforestation in Brazil booms in August

Mongabay
Sep 9, 2022, 4:13 pm390 pts
Rainforest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon exploded in August with deforestation reaching 1,661 square kilometers (641 square miles) — an area more than 28 times the size of Manhattan — according to data released today by Brazil’s national space research agency, INPE. The tally brings rainforest…

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