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Wildfires and extreme drought Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in ...

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Wildfires and extreme drought Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rain forest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in ...

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