Amazon deforestation jumps in August

mongabay.com September 22, 2012 Monthly DETER deforestation data from INPE since August 2008. Augusts denoted by orange. Satellite imagery released by the Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) reveals a sharp jump in deforestation during the month of August. The new data, released with little fanfare and without the usual press release on INPE's homepage, was first highlighted by O Eco , a Brazilian environmental news site. Some 522 sq km of Amazon rainforest was cleared in the month of August, an increase of 220 percent over August a year ago, according to INPE's near-real time deforestation detection system DETER. Clearing was concentrated in Pará (44 percent) and Mato Grosso (40 percent), two states where the bulk of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has occurred over the past thirty years. The monthly forest loss is the highest recorded since July 2009 ...

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@betterprint » 28 Sep '12, 9am
Brazil National Space Research Institute report shows deforestation levels rose in August [link]
@ForestofPeace » 27 Sep '12, 8pm
Some 522 sq km of Amazon rainforest was cleared in the month of August, an increase of 220 percent over August a year.. [link]
@EI_SustainDev » 25 Sep '12, 5pm
#sustainable Amazon deforestation jumps in August: Mongabay [link] *way to early for self-congratulation that Amazon protected
@agussari » 25 Sep '12, 1pm
RT @reddmonitor: [Brazil] Amazon deforestation jumps in August [link] #REDD
@reddmonitor » 25 Sep '12, 1pm
[Brazil] Amazon deforestation jumps in August [link] #REDD
@RainforestNORW » 25 Sep '12, 12pm
Sharp jump in Amazon deforestation in August. Worrying sign - is reduced deforestation trend over? [link] #Brazil
@Leilyandra » 25 Sep '12, 10am
RT @ISF_Fr_Project: Amazon deforestation jumps in August : [link] :(
@AurelieMCQUEEN » 25 Sep '12, 10am
RT @Jvanes06: Amazon deforestation jumps in August : [link] :(
@greenpowerplan » 24 Sep '12, 11pm
Deforestation in the Amazon jumps 220% in Aug but Brazilian govt buries the news. Is plan to weaken the Forest Code ... [link]
@clnovial » 24 Sep '12, 2pm
CBD Amazon deforestation jumps in August: Satellite imagery released by the Brazil's National Space Research Ins... [link]
@anthonyraecom » 24 Sep '12, 8am
#Forests Mongabay ‘New map shows 6% Amazon deforestation btwn 2000 and 2010 [link] but ‘jumps in August’ [link]
@LetsPlantTree » 24 Sep '12, 6am
Amazon defostration jumps in August. Be the source of change now, plant a tree. #LetsPlantTree... [link]
@UtopiaBrasilian » 23 Sep '12, 4pm
Os brasileiros cometerão o mesmo erros de outros países desenvolvidos com relação as suas florestas [link]
@PrometeoRCR » 23 Sep '12, 2pm
Deforestación en el Amazonas aumenta 220% en vísperas de una nueva ley brasilera que la facilitaría aún más [link]
@mongabay » 23 Sep '12, 2pm
Forest Code changes, macroeconomic factors, or random? #Amazon deforestation jumps 220% in Aug [link]
@BiolJLinnSoc » 23 Sep '12, 8am
RT @Coffeewarblers: Satellite imagery shows that Amazon deforestation jumped in August. [link] #deforestation çlimatechan ...
@Coffeewarblers » 23 Sep '12, 8am
Satellite imagery shows that Amazon deforestation jumped in August. [link] #deforestation çlimatechange #forests #environment
@janfreedman » 23 Sep '12, 7am
Very sad - even today with our 'intelligence' our species is quickly destroying one of the most amazing environments: [link]
@JanBerghoef » 22 Sep '12, 7pm
RT @extinctsymbol: 522 sq km of Amazon rainforest was destroyed last month: [link]
@extinctsymbol » 22 Sep '12, 7pm
522 sq km of Amazon rainforest was destroyed last month: [link]
@carlosrittl » 22 Sep '12, 4pm
Here comes the new (de)forest law in Brazil - Amazon deforestation jumps in August: Mongabay [link]
@RobiniaInvest » 22 Sep '12, 3pm
Amazon deforestation jumps in August: Mongabay: Satellite imagery released by the Brazil's National Space Resear... [link]
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RT @EI_EcoNewsfeed: @EcoInternet Amazon deforestation jumps in August: Mongabay [link] *way to early for self-congratulati ...
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#forest Amazon deforestation jumps in August: Mongabay [link] *way to early for self-congratulation that Amazon protected
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#rainforest Amazon deforestation jumps in August: Mongabay [link] *way to early for self-congratulation that Amazon protected
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#climate Amazon deforestation jumps in August: Mongabay [link] *way to early for self-congratulation that Amazon protected
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RT @EarthBlog: Amazon Deforestation Jumps in August [link]
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RT @_1_Giga_: Amazon #deforestation jumps in August [link]
@Raoni_com » 22 Sep '12, 6am
IF WE DON'T FIND A WAY TO STOP THAT SOON, WE WILL HAVE NO MORE PROBLEMS TO SOLVE IN THE FUTURE AS THERE WILL BE... [link]
@iGanesha » 22 Sep '12, 6am
RT @andy_s_64: Amazon deforestation jumps in August [link] (via @saveborneo)
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#forests Amazon deforestation jumps in August [link]
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Amazon deforestation jumps in August [link] (via @saveborneo)
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Amazon Deforestation Jumps in August [link]
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