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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 04:20:16 JST Flipboard Science Desk
- Mongabay
Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to lowest level in 9 years.
@mongabay reports: "President Lula has prioritized conservation efforts in the Amazon, though his administration has faced criticism for permitting oil extraction in the Atlantic near the Amazon River’s mouth and for the paving of BR-319, a controversial highway that scientists warn could trigger extensive forest clearing by speculators, settlers, and ranchers."
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1. Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to lowest level in 9 years
  
  from Rhett Butler
  
  Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year, reaching the lowest level of destruction in nine years, according to data from the country’s national space research institute, INPE. For the year ending July 31, the Brazilian Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles)—roughly the size of Delaware in the […]

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