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Fires, Deforestation in the Amazon Frontier, Rondônia, Brazil - photo from Nasa (August 2007)

Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Up 127 Percent

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By Ben Tavener, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The amount of deforestation in the protected zones of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased by over 127 percent between 2000 and 2010, despite the creation of protected areas and the official...
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