Saturday, July 27, 2019

Amazon deforestation accelerating towards unrecoverable 'tipping point'


The Guardian
Data confirms fears that Jair Bolsonaro’s policy encourages illegal logging in Brazil. 
Story here.
The Amazon rainforest near Manaus, capital of the
Brazilian state of Amazonas (largely untouched by human hands,
so far).Photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT.

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