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Amazon deforestation remains high despite rains

Byindianadmin

Feb 8, 2020
Amazon deforestation remains high despite rains

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho on 17 September 2019 Image copyright
Reuters

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A deforested plot of the Amazon near the city of Porto Velho in September.

Deforestation in the Amazon – a crucial carbon store that slows down the pace of international warming – skyrocketed last year, the very first of President Bolsonaro in office.

Amazon deforestation in January

In sq km

Climatologist Carlos Nobre, a scientist and scientist at São Paulo University (USP), said there was a threat that logging this year might go beyond the level tape-recorded in2019 At the peak of the dry season last year – in between July and September – destruct

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