Outcry from environmentalists as Brazil fires official monitoring deforestation
by AP in Rio de Janeiro from Environment | The Guardian on (#55NQ0)
Dismissal came days after release of new data showing increasing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Brazil's government has fired an official at the national space agency Inpe whose department is responsible for satellite monitoring of the Amazon rainforest, just three days after June deforestation data reflected a continued increase in degradation.
Lubia Vinhas was the general-coordinator of Brazilian space agency Inpe's Earth Observation Institute, which is an umbrella for divisions that monitor the Amazon and panels to debate climate change with civil society organizations.
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