Brazil cuts Amazon deforestation rate by 22 percent

Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) revealed on Wednesday consolidated data showing a 21.8 percent decrease in Amazon deforestation from August 2022 to July 2023. Deforestation in the period reached 9,064 square kilometers, an area about 40 percent larger than the state of Delaware. The reduction disclosed today is similar to the 22.3 percent
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