An area equivalent to more than 8 times the size of Greater London has been lost between August 2020 and July 2021
Deforestation in Brazil’srainforest has hit a 15-year high after surging by more than a fifth in one year, new data reveals.
It pledged to end illegal deforestation by 2028, which would require a massive effort to rein in local industries. Pointing out the report’s date of October 27, however, Brazilian advocacy group Climate Observatory said: ‘The government went to COP26 knowing the deforestation data and hid it.’An illegally lit rainforest burns through rainforest reverse in Brazil’s Para state in 2020
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