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RIO DE JANEIRO: More than 1,600 square kilometers of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest were cleared in July, a significant reduction on the record 2019 numbers — though the total area deforested this year remains higher than 2019, according to official data published on Friday. The monthly figure was an increase on the 1,000 km2 of deforestation in June — but a …

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