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Column: Deforestation in rainforest affects the whole world
Rudi Kiefer
Imagine a deforestation project that lays bare all of Delaware, eastern Maryland, Washington, D.C. and the Greater Baltimore area. That’s 4,200 square miles, equal to the amount of tropical rainforest in Brazil destroyed last year. It was like that the year before. 2021 is headed for the same record.