On Friday, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said that deforestation in the Amazon increased by 91 sq km compared to the same period last year, reports Xinhua news agency
The doctor, who has not been named, had returned from vacation on March 18 to work with the Tikunas, a tribe of more than 30,000 people who live in the upper Amazon
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In the first 48 hours since the ban was issued, satellite data from INPE showed 3,859 new outbreaks of fire, of which some 2,000 were concentrated in the Amazon region.
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