Brazil's Amazon deforestation ploughs on

By Jake Spring
Updated June 12 2021 - 4:30am, first published 4:25am
Deforestation in Brazil soared 67 per cent in May from the same month last year.
Deforestation in Brazil soared 67 per cent in May from the same month last year.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose for a third consecutive month in May, with President Jair Bolsonaro yet to follow through on his April pledge to boost funding for environmental enforcement.

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