Brazilian Atlantic Forest deforestation up nearly 60% - New World Report
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The deforestation of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil's second most important forest, grew 57.7% in a year, from 2015 to 2016, when the biome lost 29,075 hectares, or 29 thousand football fields. Figures were released Monday (May 29) by the SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation and the National Institute for Spa
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest increased almost 60 percent in the last year
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Area of the persistent (left) and ephemeral (right) native forest
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Land use and cover map of the Atlantic forest for the year 2019 (source