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Mon Jan 28

Amazon deforestation, already rising, may spike under Bolsonaro

Written by Robert T. Walker, Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Florida

Munduruku tribal people are demanding that Brazil's government respect their land rights.AP Photo/Eraldo Peres

Over the past 25 years that I have been conducting environmental research in the Amazon, I have witnessed the the ongoing destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest. Twenty percent of it has been deforested by now – an area...

Amazon deforestation, already rising, may spike under Bolsonaro

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