The area of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is the largest recorded since 2008 and is about the size of the U.S. states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is at its worst in more than a decade, a government report said Monday, undermining officials’ claims that concerns by environmentalists have been overblown.
Concern about the Amazon heightened after President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January. His administration has advocated the loosening of protections around natural reserves and indigenous lands as a way to promote economic development.Environmentalists and nonprofit groups have accused the government of trying to weaken environmental legislation, warning that deforestation would probably worsen as a result.
Some European leaders have questioned Brazil’s commitment to tackling deforestation and argued that the fires in the Amazon required a global response because of the ecosystem’s critical role in draining heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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