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Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

According to the INPE national space agency, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached a new high in the first half of 2022. Since the beginning of the year, the world's largest tropical rainforest has lost 3,750 square kilometers (1,450 square miles), the worst figures for...

Brazil responds to less than 3% of deforestation alerts

President Jair Bolsonaro's government has responded to less than three percent of deforestation alerts. This is a sign that "impunity reigns" in the destruction of Brazil's forests. MapBiomas is a consortium that uses satellite images to track the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and other regions...