Deforestation climbing - along with fears - in the Amazon

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By Rhett ButlerJan 13, 2015, 6:25 pm128 pts
Deforestation in the Brazil Amazon continues to pace well ahead of last year's rate, shows data released today by Imazon. According to the Brazilian NGO's analysis of satellite data, 1,373 square kilometers of rainforest was chopped down between August 2014 and December 2014, a 224 percent increase relative to…

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