photo: Leo Freitas via flickr According to preliminary data from Brazilian NGO Imazon and Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE), deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down 16% over the past twelve months, with 1,488 square kilometers (574 square miles) of forest cleared. All that tree felling resulted in 95…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Amazon Deforestation Down 16% Over Past Year, New Data Shows
