Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high under Bolsonaro
(World News Brazil)

Deforestation in Brazil´s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp rise under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. Brazil´s INPE space research agency said deforestation reached 9,762sq km, up 29.5 per cent, for the 12 months through July 2019. That´s the worst level of deforestation since 2008, heaping further pressure on the environmental policy of Mr...