Amazon deforestation at 12-year high
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has surged to its highest level since 2008, according to the country’s space agency (INPE), with destruction soaring since president Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019
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DEFORESTATION BY STATE IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON Aug 2019-Jul 2020
Square km

Roraima: 300
Amazonas: 81 
Acre 652 
Rondônia 1,259
Mato Grosso 1,767
Amapá 1,521
Maranhão: 290
Pará 5,192 (47 percent of total)
Tocantins 26

BRAZIL
Amazon River
Brasília

1,000km 625 miles

Amazon biome (tropical forest region)
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DEFORESTATION RATE IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON, 2004-2020 Annual figures for Aug-Jul

Square km
25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 

2004 2010 2015 2020

President Jair Bolsonaro has encouraged agriculture and mining activities in world’s largest rainforest

2019-2020: Total of 11,088 sq km – 9.5 percent rise from previous year
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Sources: BBC, Mongabay Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS