Home Amazon deforestation up 29 pc in 2013 -- Brazil
 

Keywords :   


Amazon deforestation up 29 pc in 2013 -- Brazil

2014-09-11 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Deforestation in the Amazon rose 29 percent between August 2012 and July of last year to 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 square miles), Brazilian officials said Wednesday, posting an amended figure. Last year, authorities indicated a slightly lower figure of 5,843 square kilometers for a 28 percent rise. That reversed several years of decline despite being the second lowest annual increase since records began in 1988. The official Institute of Special Investigations (INPE) unveiled the amended...

Tags: amazon brazil deforestation amazon deforestation

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news

»
01.11Boeing makes 38% pay rise offer in bid to end strike
01.11The house paints that promise much more than colour
01.11Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
01.11Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
01.11Technology adoption: What's on the ag tech horizon for 2025
01.11Technology adoption: What's on the ag tech horizon for 2025
01.11How Japan's youngest CEO transformed Hello Kitty
31.10Unicharm to Expand in Africa
More »