Deforestation in Brazil’s savanna region surges to highest level since 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO — Deforestation surged in Brazil’s Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna region, by nearly 45% in 2023 compared to 2022, according to full-December data released Friday by the government’s monitoring agency. The National Institute for Space Research reported that 7,852 square kilometers (3,000 square miles) of vegetation had been torn down in the … Read more