Authorities in Brazil this week arrested members of a criminal gang that they described as the greatest destroyers of the Amazon rainforest. As the BBC reports, the organization allegedly logged and burned enormous swathes of the rainforest and sold public Amazon lands for farming, resulting in estimated damages worth more than $220 million, according to the […]

Authorities in Brazil this week arrested members of a criminal gang that they described as the greatest destroyers of the Amazon rainforest. As the BBC reports, the organization allegedly logged and burned enormous swathes of the rainforest and sold public Amazon lands for farming, resulting in estimated damages worth more than $220 million, according to the […]