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2015-11-27 23:04:19| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Deforestation jumped 16 percent in the Brazilian Amazon for the year ended July 31, 2015, but still remained well below historical levels. Forest loss amounted to 5,831 square kilometers, an area half the size of Los Angeles. The rise, which was announced just ahead of the opening of U.N. climate talks in Paris, had been widely anticipated based on data from short-term satellite-based monitoring systems. Deforestation jumped 16 percent in the Brazilian Amazon to 5,831 square kilometers for...

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