Deforestation Has Cost Amazon Rainforest an Area Roughly the Size of Colombia in 40 Years
Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest. Credits: Lubasi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Deforestation has resulted in the loss of more than 85 million hectares of land in the Amazon Rainforest. This is nearly the size of Colombia. The Amazon Rainforest …