As Amazon tree loss worsens, political pressure grows, and Brazil hedges: Critics
Government data released last Friday shows that from August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020 forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon totaled 9,205 square kilometers (3.554 square miles), an increase of 34.5% over the previous comparative period (2018/2019), when 6,844 square kilometers (2,642 square miles) were deforested. 1,654 square kilometers were cleared in July, 2020,…