/tags/deforestation deforestation en-US Copyright Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:03:36 GMT /news-partners/2019-11-18/amazon-rainforest-sees-biggest-spike-in-deforestation-in-over-a-decade Not since 2008 has the Amazon been destroyed at a faster rate, according to Brazilian authorities. They say an area more than 12 times the size of New York City was deforested in the span of a year. Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:03:36 GMT /news-partners/2019-11-18/amazon-rainforest-sees-biggest-spike-in-deforestation-in-over-a-decade Colin Dwyer /breaking-news/2016-11-30/deforestation-of-the-amazon-up-29-percent-from-last-year-study-finds Brazil's National Institute for Space Research found that more than 3,000 square miles of forest cover were lost between August 2015 and July 2016 — a substantial increase over the year before. Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:26:00 GMT /breaking-news/2016-11-30/deforestation-of-the-amazon-up-29-percent-from-last-year-study-finds Camila Domonoske