Brazil’s illegal loggers downscale to avoid satellite detection

Hard-to-detect small-scale clearance of Amazon rainforest makes up half of country's deforestation rate, says study. RTCC reports

Brazil's drive to nip illicit tree-felling in the bud has shifted the nature of the problem, according to researchers.

Small-scale illegal logging is - proportionally speaking - on the rise, says a report by the Climate Policy Initiative and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.