Study: Nearly 10 pct. of Amazon's native vegetation lost since 1985
Lima, Dec 2 (EFE).- The Amazon rainforest lost 9.7 percent of its native vegetation between 1985 and 2021, a period in which tropical glaciers retreated by 46 percent and mining activity increased by more than 1,100 percent in the planet’s green lung, according to figures from the MapBiomas Amazonia initiative. Around 50 million hectares (193,000 …
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