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Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon continues to accelerate

2015-04-27 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon - the planet's largest rainforest - continues to pace well ahead of last year's rate, reveals data released by Imazon, a Manaus-based nonprofit. According to Imazon's analysis of satellite data, March 2015 was the eleventh consecutive month that forest loss increased relative to a year earlier. March 2015's loss of 58 square kilometers (14,300 acres) was 190 percent higher than March 2014. November through April is typically a period of low deforestation...

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