#Environmentalists #NGOs New satellite analysis shows that millions of hectares of pristine tropical rainforest were destroyed in 2018.
New satellite analysis shows that millions of hectares of pristine tropical rainforest were destroyed in 2018. Chief among the causes for the destruction were beef, chocolate and palm oil farming.
Brazil was particularly hard hit, losing 11% of its rainforest over the period of 1985 to 2017, which represents an area roughly 10 times larger than the Korean peninsula.
Environmentalists and NGOs are concerned that deforestation could worsen under the government of President Bolsonaro, who was elected on his campaign pledge to develop Amazon rainforests.
Brazil was particularly hard hit, losing 11% of its rainforest over the period of 1985 to 2017, which represents an area roughly 10 times larger than the Korean peninsula.
Environmentalists and NGOs are concerned that deforestation could worsen under the government of President Bolsonaro, who was elected on his campaign pledge to develop Amazon rainforests.
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