Guardian: Deforestation in the Amazon rain forest dropped 18% over the past 12 months, falling to the second-lowest level in a quarter century, Brazils environment minister said on Wednesday.
Izabella Teixeira told participants at a news conference that 4,848 square kilometers (1,870 square miles) of rain forest were destroyed between August 2013 and July 2014. Thats a bit larger than the US state of Rhode Island.
The figures were down from 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 square miles) razed during...