Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon , the Brazilian government said on Monday. According to the National Institute of Space Research, the Amazon lost 6,238 square kilometers between August 2010 and July 2011, a drop of 11% from the year before. Brazil’s senate is set to make changes to the country’s forest code today, however, that would reduce the protected portion of the Amazon. Conflicting data released earlier this year from the year before.
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