Brazil's Amazon deforestation down 61% in January

Brazil's Amazon deforestation down 61% in January

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Brasilia (AFP) Feb 10, 2023

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest was down 61 percent in January - Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first month back in the job - compared with the same period last year, according to an official report published on Friday. Satellite images from the DETER monitoring system showed an area of 167 square kilometers had been destroyed, according to the INPE space researc

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