Posted by: Sandy Steinman | February 17, 2022

Amazon deforestation: Record high destruction of trees in January

The BBC reports

The number of trees cut down in the Brazilian Amazon in January far exceeded deforestation for the same month last year, according to government satellite data.

The area destroyed was five times larger than 2021, the highest January total since records began in 2015.

Environmentalists accuse Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro of allowing deforestation to accelerate.

Read more at  Amazon deforestation: Record high destruction of trees in January – BBC News


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