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Study: 8% of Amazon Rainforest Destroyed Since 2000

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   Deforestation has wiped out 8% of the Amazon rainforest in just 18
   years, according to a study released Tuesday.

   The swath of land destroyed between 2000 and 2018 is the size of Spain,
   according to a study by Amazon Geo-Referenced Socio-Environmental
   Information Network (RAISG).

   "The Amazon is far more threatened than it was eight years ago," RAISG
   said in a statement.

   The organization's last map tracking deterioration of the forest was
   published in 2012.

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