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Montevideo, March 29th 2024 - 09:44 UTC

Tag: Imazon

  • Wednesday, January 18th 2023 - 20:29 UTC

    Record Amazon deforestation reached last year

    Deforestation took a turn for the worse under former President Jair Bolsonaro

    According to a report released Wednesday by Brazil's Institute of Man and Environment of the Amazon (Imazon), deforestation in 2022 hit new highs, with 10,573 km² of forest vegetation lost, Agencia Brasil reported. That surface is tantamount to that of nearly 3,000 football fields, it was explained.