Deforestation in the Amazon Has Hit Its Highest Level in More Than a Decade

Yale e360
Nov 19, 2019, 1:25 pm129 pts
The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has reached its highest level in 11 years, according to new satellite data. About 3,769 square miles of rainforest were lost between August 2018 and July 2019, the result of agricultural land clearing, wildfires, mining, and logging, according to Brazil’s…

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