Nature & Environment
Amazon deforestation has slowed
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T.K. RandallDecember 7, 2011 ·
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According to Brazilian authorities the deforestation of the Amazon has hit an all time low this year.
After a historic peak of 10,700 square miles of deforestation in 2003-2004, the 2010-2011 period has reported the lowest amount of deforestation since Brazilian authorities began keeping records in 1988. "It's a great victory for Brazil," said science and technology minister Aloizio Mercadante. "The Amazon is a great instrument for carbon sequestration."
The head of the National Institute of Space Research (INPE), Gilberto Camara, said deforestation dropped to 6,238 square kilometers (2,408 square miles), between August 2010 and July this year, down 11 percent compared with the same period in 2009-20100.
Source:
PhysOrg.com |
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