Brazil records 65 percent drop in Amazon area burned by fire
The area of Amazon rainforest lost to fires in Brazil in July fell 65 percent compared to a year ago, the MapBiomas monitoring platform said Wednesday, boosting the government as it prepares to host the UN climate change conference. Satellite images showed that 143,000 hectares (353,360 acres) of the world’s biggest tropical forest were razed […]
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