Statistics, satellite images, and field reports clearly show a worrisome trend of escalating deforestation rates, which had started to drop in around 2005 before rebounding a few years ago.
Overall deforestation in Brazil's portion of the rainforest increased 88 percent in June of this year compared with the same month a year ago.Statistics, satellite images, and field reports clearly show a worrisome trend of escalating deforestation rates, which had started to drop in around 2005 before rebounding a few years ago.