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  2. Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest.It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests.

  3. Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is down to lowest ...

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    Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. In the past 12 months, the Amazon ...

  4. On the Cerrado, Brazil’s highly biodiverse savanna, deforestation was up 9 percent compared to last year, however. The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest, and two-thirds of it is in Brazil.

  5. Amazon rainforest destruction slows sharply year to date ...

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    SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago in a major turnaround for the region vital to ...

  6. Deforestation in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Brazil once had the highest deforestation rate in the world and in 2005 still had the largest area of forest removed annually. [1] Since 1970, over 700,000 square kilometres (270,000 sq mi) of the Amazon rainforest have been destroyed.

  7. The UK is contributing to deforestation of the Amazon, WWF warned as it urged ministers to ban the sale of commodities linked to global forest loss. ... up to 17% of the Amazon rainforest was ...

  8. Deforestation by continent - Wikipedia

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    Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest. It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests.

  9. Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hits record ... - AOL

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    SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil recorded the most deforestation ever in the Amazon rainforest for the month of January, according to government data on Friday, as destruction continues to worsen ...