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Brazil says Amazon deforestation rose 28% in a year
Source: BBC
14 November 2013 Last updated at 23:07 GMT
Brazil says Amazon deforestation rose 28% in a year
Brazil says the rate of deforestation in the Amazon increased by 28% between August 2012 and last July, after years of decline.
The government is working to reverse this "crime", Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said.
Activists have blamed the increase in destruction on a controversial reform to Brazil's forest protection law.
Last year Brazil reported the lowest rate of deforestation in the Amazon since monitoring began.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24950487
