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Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits record for HEALTH

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Associated Press Para and Mato Grosso for Tel. 527 4000
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — De- only the second time on San Nicolas
forestation detected in the record. That is particularly
Brazilian Amazon broke all worrisome, as Amazonas is Imsan 24 hours
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records for the month of deep in the rainforest and
April, and that followed has remained pristine rela- Women in Difficulties
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similar new records set in tive to the so-called arc of
January and February, re- deforestation along areas Oranjestad:
flecting a worrisome uptick used for agriculture and Paradera Tel. 588 6638
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in destruction in a state cattle-raising . Centro Medico Tel. 584 5794
deep within the rainforest. "Amazonas is still a very pre- Women in Difficulties
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tion for April corresponded tion explodes there, we will Dental Clinic 587 9850
to more than 1,000 square lose control of a region that Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
kilometers (nearly 400 is outside the traditional de- Urgent Care 586 0448
square miles), the highest forestation region," Araújo, Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
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and 74% more than the by phone.
same month in 2021, which Amazonas' destruction has Police 100
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It marked the first time that southern part of the state, Sta. Cruz 527 2900
deforestation alerts have where President Jair Bolso- Krimej Indigenous Chief Kadjyre Kayapo looks out at a path San Nicolas 584 5000
created by loggers on the border between the Biological Re-
surpassed 1,000 square ki- naro has promised to pave serve Serra do Cachimbo, front, and Menkragnotire indigenous Police Tipline 11141
lometers during a month in a 400-kilometer (250-mile) lands, in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 31, 2019. Ambulancia 911
the rainy season, which runs dirt stretch of the BR-319 Associated Press Fire Dept. 115
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from December to April. highway that connects the
"The April number is very cities of Manaus and Porto roads are used primarily happening. "The Amazon is TAXI SERVICES
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traditionally a month with paving has generated real land grabbers and loggers. illegal loggers and miners. Prof. Taxi 588 0035
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The data come from the agriculture or cattle-raising nomic activities, especially American Airlines 582 2700
Brazilian space agency's in the future. cattle-raising, viable. Avianca 588 0059
Deter monitoring system, A study released last week "We need a regional devel- Jet Blue 588 2244
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amounts of carbon into the
atmosphere, further com-
plicating hopes of arresting
climate change, but also
push it past a tipping point
after which much of the
forest will begin an irrevers-
ible process of degrada-
tion into tropical savannah.
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