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Rainforest loss could be lowest on record

22/09/2010

The Brazilian ministry for the environment has briefed media in the country that it expects to lose the smallest area of rainforest this year since it began keeping records in 1977. The information comes Brazil's space agency. Reports suggest the total for the year will be between 5,000 and 6,000 square-kilometres. If confirmed, this would mean...

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