Brazilian Deforestation Surges Again after Three Years of Decline. By Tom Phillips, London Guardian, September 1, 2008. "Concerns over the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest resurfaced [over] the weekend after it emerged that deforestation jumped by 64% over the last 12 months, according to... Brazil's National Institute for Space Research this week. [The agency] said that around 3,145 square miles -- an area half the size of Wales -- were razed between August 2007 and August 2008. With commodity prices hitting recent highs and loggers and soy farmers pushing ever further into the Amazon jungle, satellite images... showed that deforestation was once again on the rise after three years on the wane. The figures... and triggered a war of words... between environmental campaigners and members of the government who claim that their struggle to protect the rainforest is not being given sufficient recognition... Environmental campaigners fear that Brazil's push to expand its economy and develop the Amazon region is posing increasing threats to Brazil's natural resources. They accuse the government of retreating from its promises to defend the Amazon rainforest."
2008-09-02
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