Deforestation rates last month were 43 per cent higher than in April last year, with 224 square miles destroyedPresident Bolsonaro of Brazil has been accused of accelerating his “dismantling” of the Amazon rainforest as land clearances and the destruction of habitats increase. An area the size of the Isle of Man was cleared in the Brazilian Amazon last month alone, setting a frightening record that points to an environmental catastrophe in the dry season ahead, with new legislation looming that could grant loggers legal protections. SponsoredThe crisis “is off the charts”, Ane Alencar, science director at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, who has studied the region for 25 years, told The Times yesterday. “Brazil has a political, ideological and institutional problem when it comes to the protection of the Amazon,” she added. Deforestation rates last month were 43 per cent higher than

Source: The Times May 09, 2021 23:03 UTC