FILE PHOTO: A policeman observes the Amazon rainforest during an operation conducted by agents of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, near Novo Progresso, southeast of Para state, Brazil, November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's portion of the Amazon rainforest soared more than 88% in June compared with the same month a year ago, the second consecutive month of rising forest destruction under new President Jair Bolsonaro, who has called for development of the region.
According to data from Brazil's space research agency, deforestation in the world's largest tropical rainforest totalled 920 square km (355 square miles).
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