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Brazil | 35% of primary forest in Triunfo do Xingu PA illegally cleared since 2006

Satellites have detected forest clearing within Triunfo do Xingu this year, an area that’s supposed to be a legally protected swath of Amazon rainforest in Brazil’s northern state of Pará.


Home to jaguars, howler monkeys, rare margays, and a wellspring of other diversity, the protected area was created in 2006 as a sustainable use reserve, meaning that within its bounds (an area more than half the size of Belgium) landowners are legally required to keep 80% of their forests intact.


https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/pasture-replaces-large-tract-of-intact-primary-forest-in-brazilian-protected-area/

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