Fri 19 November 2021: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22 percent in one year to the highest level since 2006, according to the government’s annual report, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging. Brazil’s space research agency (INPE) said on Thursday that the country had recorded 13,235sq km (5,110 square miles) … Continue reading AMAZON DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL SURGES TO 15-YEAR HIGH