City-Size Tract of Amazon Forest Cleared in April

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 15:49 in Earth & Climate

The sudden spate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is an alarming development brought on by rising food prices and lack of rain, officials say.

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