Amazon sees alarming rise in deforestation
By DW
21 December 2019 |
9:21 am
Brazil's state space agency reports a 100% increase in the destruction of the world's largest tropical rainforest in November, compared to last year. President Bolsonaro denies his environmental policies are to blame.
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