A truck loaded with logs cut from an area of the Amazon rainforest is seen near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.
The data from Brazil's INPE space research agency, which showed deforestation soaring 29.5% to 9,762 square kilometres for the 12 months through July 2019, sparked an uncharacteristic admission by the government that something needed to be done to stem the tide.
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