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Report: Deforestation up 20% in the Amazon in last 9 months

A new study from a environmental watchdog in Brazil says deforestation has increased by 20% in the last nine months. Deforestation can increase the pace of climate change. André Guimarães, executive director of IPAM, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, joins CBSN with more on the risk.
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