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The Daily Mail  reports

Scientists frequently warn about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

But a lesser-known process called ‘degradation’ – where trees have been affected by logging, mining, fires, expansion of roads or other human activity – is just as harmful.

According to a new study, 38 per cent of what’s left of the Amazon has been degraded in some way by humans – more than previously realised.

Read more at  Human activity has degraded more than a THIRD of the remaining Amazon rainforest, report reveals | Daily Mail Online