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Felling of Amazon rainforest ‘is worst in a decade’, with area five times the size of London destroyed in one year
The felling of rainforests in the Amazon is at its highest rate in the past 10 years, official figures show, with the authorities blaming illegal logging. An area of 7,900 sq km (3,050 sq miles) – roughly five times the size of London – was levelled alone in the 12 months to July, a study revealed. It comes amid fears that the policies of Brazil’s newly elected president, Jair Bolsonaro, could further damage the declining rainforests.
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