Brazil Cuts Half New York in Amazon Trees in a Month, And It's a Record Low

Brazil's Environment minister, Carlos Minc, is celebrating the pace of Brazilian deforestation. The last numbers released by the National Institute of Space Studies (Inpe) this Wednesday, November 4, shows that Brazil in September has downed 400 km² (154 square miles) of trees in the Amazon or the equivalent of a half New York City.

[Photograph by: Roberto Jayme/REUTERS]