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Sharp jump in deforestation when Amazon parks lose protected status
Description: Areas that have had their protected status removed or reduced have experienced a sharp increase in forest loss thereafter, finds a new study published by Imazon, a Brazilian NGO. The research looked at ten protected areas that were degazetted due to encroachment, dams, and roads. It found that deforestation increased an average of 50 percent within five years after loss of protection. [Source: Mongabay]
URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0301-imazon-amazon-unprotected-areas.html
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Source: Mongabay
Publish Date: 3/1/2014
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