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Jamanxim National Forest, in the state of Pará, has been particularly hard hit, losing more than 3 percent of its forest cover in May. Another surge was detected during the last week of June.
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Land thieves are ramping up deforestation in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Forest. Deforestation appears to be rising dramatically w/ satellite data showing the country’s Amazonian region lost more forest in May than during any other month in the past decade.https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/land-thieves-ramp-up-deforestation-in-brazils-jamanxim-national-forest/ …
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Residents say the pressure facing Jamanxim comes from outsiders who are looking to make a profit by logging trees and then selling the newly cleared land to ranchers.
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Many of those living in protected areas believe that the political climate under President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration is encouraging the invasions by loggers into Brazil’s protected areas...
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