Amazon destruction speeds up for 2nd month

By Jake Spring
Updated May 8 2021 - 10:09am, first published 10:05am
Brazil is under intense pressure to rein in destruction of the world's largest tropical rainforest.
Brazil is under intense pressure to rein in destruction of the world's largest tropical rainforest.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose 43 per cent in April from the same month a year ago, preliminary government data shows, the second consecutive monthly rise as destruction picked up before the annual burning season.

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