More than 9,700 square kilometers of Amazon rainforest were razed in Brazil in the year between August 18 and July 19, an increase of 30 percent from the previous period—the highest rate of The Amazon has lost between 15% and 17% of its trees, and at current deforestation rates, the rainforest could cross Nobre's threshold in 15 to 30 years Advertisement "We are almost seeing Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has surged to its highest level since 08, the country's space agency (Inpe) reports A total of 11,0 sq km (4,281 sq miles) of rainforest were
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