Deforestation surges to 12-year high in Brazil's Amazon rainforest 
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has surged to its highest level since 2008, official government data revealed. A total of 11,088 square kilometres of rainforest, which is seven times the size of London, was destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020. The destruction has been soaring since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 and weakened environmental enforcement.