2,700 sq km of Brazil's most endangered rainforest destroyed in 8 years

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2,700 sq km of Brazil's most endangered rainforest destroyed in 8 years
mongabay.com
December 03, 2010

270,000 hectares of the Mata Atlantica, Brazil's most threatened ecosystem, was cleared between 2002 and 2008, reports a new assessment by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA), Brazil's environmental regulator. Less than 8 percent of the Atlantic forest—famed for its biodiversity—remains.

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