Woods Hole Research Center: Analysis - 2020 Amazon Deforestation Up 20% Over 2019
July 08, 2020
July 08, 2020
FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, July 8 -- Woods Hole Research Center issued the following news:
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has risen 20% over the same point last year and is up significantly over the decade average, warns a new 2020 Amazon Deforestation and Fire Outlook from scientists at Woods Hole Research Center and IPAM Amazonia. The loss of more than 3,300 square kilometers (nearly 1,300 square miles) of forest from January through June this year represents an area the size . . .
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has risen 20% over the same point last year and is up significantly over the decade average, warns a new 2020 Amazon Deforestation and Fire Outlook from scientists at Woods Hole Research Center and IPAM Amazonia. The loss of more than 3,300 square kilometers (nearly 1,300 square miles) of forest from January through June this year represents an area the size . . .