Brasília, Nov 6, 2024 (AFP) - Brazil's Amazon posts smallest deforestation in nine years: govt

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2024-11-07

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 30.6 percent between August 2023 and July 2024, government data showed Wednesday, the lowest amount in nearly a decade. During that time, 6,288 square kilometers (2,427 square miles) of forest were destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon, which was the lowest result in the last nine years, said Gilvan Oliveira, director of the National Institute for Space Research. rsr/ll/bfm/dw ...

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