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Amazon under Threat
The BBC's Science Editor David Shukman reports on the battle for the future of the world's largest rainforest.
Every 60 seconds, an area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil roughly the size of a football pitch is being cut down. There's been an aggressive increase in deforestation since the election of President Bolsonaro in January, according to officials there. The BBC's Science Editor David Shukman reports on the battle for the future of the world's largest rainforest.
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