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Deforestation takes flight again in the Amazon

2013-04-08 03:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Greenpeace: Last week, as some of us were heading off for the long holiday weekend (Easter is a holiday here in Brazil), the Brazilian government was quietly releasing deforestation trends showing an increase in deforestation for the first time in five years. These numbers use the DETER rapid response satellite system, a system that provides estimates of deforestation rates every month. Over the time period documented, August 2012 to February 2013, the rates increased an estimated 26.82% and an area of the...

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