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Deforestation in the Amazon, an environmental epidemic in silent boom

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the shadow of the covid-19 crisis, the Amazon is silently suffering one of its worst moments in the face of its particular pandemic: deforestation, which in 2020 alone devastated 2.3 million hectares of rainforest, an area larger even than the entire area of El Salvador.

The latest data estimated by the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), which monitors the progress of deforestation through satellite images, have revealed an increase in the virulence of deforestation coinciding with the health emergency, making 2020 the third-worst year in history.

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