News Headline

Brazil losing forest the size of two soccer fields per minute

Source
Reuters

Publication Date
2016-04-29

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Latin America's largest country is still losing tropical forests the size of two soccer fields every minute, despite attempts to tackle illegal logging and improve local land rights, a former head of Brazil's forestry service has said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-latam-environment-brazil-forests-idUSKCN0XQ1MP