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90% of Amazon deforestation occurs outside protected areas
2015-06-13 05:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Ten percent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2012 and July 2014 occurred in protected areas, reports new research from Imazon. The study, based on spatial analysis, found that 158,400 hectares of the 1.531 million hectares cleared in the Amazon during the two-year period took place within 160 officially designated conservation units. Forest loss was heavily concentrated in 50 of those protected areas, which accounted for 96 percent of deforestation. Imazon says loss was...
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