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Return to Illegal Tin Mining Leaves Trail of Ruin in Protected Brazilian Rainforest

Satellite date from the University of Maryland indicate Flona de Altamira lost more tree cover in 2019 than during the previous 18 years combined. Mining is the major driver of deforestation in most of the protected area, with the exception of the southern portion where illegal clearing for ranching is intensifying. Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, accessed through Global Forest Watch.


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