The environmental organization Amazon Conservation reported on Wednesday that the South American rainforest lost 17 percent of its area to deforestation in , representing 23 million hectares devastated across nine countries RELATED Humans Have Destroyed 34 Percent of World's Tropical Forests Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose more than 50% in the first three months of compared to the same threemonth periodBetween 15 and , the rate of deforestation was estimated at 10 million hectares per year, down from 16 million hectares per year in the 1990s The area of primary forest worldwide has decreased by over 80 million hectares since 1990
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