Brazil drastically reduces controls over suspicious Amazon timber exports

11/03/2020 por Tatu D'Oquei

Forest degradation nearly doubled in the Brazilian Amazon last year, rising from 4,946 square kilometers in 2018, to 9,167 square kilometers in 2019. Experts say this is likely due to soaring illegal timber harvesting and export under President Jair Bolsonaro.

Link: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/03/brazil-drastically-reduces-controls-over-suspicious-amazon-timber-exports/