Amazon rainforest study: Brazil led deforestation in 2022
28 June 2023 |
5:12 am
Brazil accounted for nearly half of tropical deforestation globally in 2022, found a new study. Can president Lula da Silva keep his vow to reverse the destruction wrought on the Amazon during his predecessor's term?
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