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Protecting Brazil’s Forests Could Boost Economic Development

Posted: 20 Sep 2020 09:01 PM PDT

The dry season returned to Brazil's Amazon region in late July—and with it, forest fires, largely human-made. After making substantial progress in reducing deforestation in the 2000s and early 2010s, Brazil has reversed course and deforestation is rising. In the Amazon, this season has been the worst in more than a decade in number of […] Related posts: Intense 2019 Amazon Fire Season May Become Dangerous Template for 2020 President Bolsonaro Fiddles While the Brazilian Amazon Goes Up in...

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