Mongabay: Satellite imagery released by the Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) reveals a sharp jump in deforestation during the month of August. The new data, released with little fanfare and without the usual press release on INPE's homepage, was first highlighted by O Eco, a Brazilian environmental news site. Some 522 sq km of Amazon rainforest was cleared in the month of August, an increase of 220 percent over August a year ago, according to INPE's near-real time deforestation detection...
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