Mongabay: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon - the planet's largest rainforest - continues to pace well ahead of last year's rate, reveals data released by Imazon, a Manaus-based nonprofit.
According to Imazon's analysis of satellite data, March 2015 was the eleventh consecutive month that forest loss increased relative to a year earlier. March 2015's loss of 58 square kilometers (14,300 acres) was 190 percent higher than March 2014.
November through April is typically a period of low deforestation...