Mongabay: Deforestation has sharply increased in Amazon countries outside of Brazil, finds a new analysis based on satellite data.
Using data from Terra-i, O-Eco's InfoAmazonia team has developed updated forest cover maps for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. The results reveal a 24 percent increase in forest loss between 2011 and 2012 and an increasing trend since 2004.
Peru had the largest extent of forest loss in 2012, losing 48,000 hectares, an increase...