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Amazon deforestation rises slightly to 4,600 square miles in 2008 http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1228143859
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased slightly for the August 2007-July 2008 period, reports the country's National Institute of Space Research (INPE). The rise is the first since 2004 when 27,379 square kilometers were destroyed, but is lower than forecast. The 2008 figure is the second-lowest annual loss since 1991.... Regional climate trends indicate that large swathes of the Amazon are increasingly susceptible to drought and fire. Coupled with continued deforestation, degradation, and fragmentation, some researchers say the Amazon is approaching a critical tipping point which could see more than half of the forest damaged or destroyed within a generation.
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Bobo says: ""A generation"? Try "a decade." Good christ, can't we *do something*?"
Haley says: "What's wrong w/ Doc Jim--it looks like he's having a seizure."
Jim says: "Sorry, had a chainsaw caught in my eye."
Paul says: "G.Britain was deforested. The U.S. was deforested. Now we view developing nations and know much better how they should behave."
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