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Peruvian Amazon undergoing deforestation at accelerating pace: official

- Mei 09, 2018

The Peruvian Amazon lost nearly two million hectares (five million acres) of forest between 2001 and 2016, or more than 123,000 hectares (300,000 acres) a year, figures made public Tuesday by the ministry of the environment. Agriculture, livestock raising, illegal logging, clandestine mining and dru...

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