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January, 2008 Deforestation of the Amazon is set to rise for the
first time in four years, Brazilian officials have admitted this
week.The Government has put in stricter controls on illegal
logging in recent years in an effort to curb the rate of
destruction of the world’s largest rainforest. However, a senior
Brazilian government scientist has told reporters that
deforestation has surged in recent months and is likely to show
a year-on-year rise in 2008.He said that 2,300 square miles of
forest had been lost in the past four months compared to an
estimated 3,700 square miles in the 12 months ended July 31. 'I
can tell you that it (deforestation) is going to be much higher
than 2007,' Carlos Nobre, a scientist with Brazil's National
Institute for Space Research, told Reuters. 'I think the last
four months is a big concern for the government and now they are
sending people to do more law enforcement,' he added.
Environmental groups have warned that ri