Data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research shows deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has hit its highest rate in more than a decade.<br />The institute says deforestation increased nearly 30-percent between August 2018 to July 2019,... compared to the same period the previous year,... marking the highest rate of deforestation since 2008.<br />The cleared area, which spans over 97-hundred square kilometers,... is larger than Yellowstone National Park in the U.S..<br />The report also highlights how President Jair Bolsonaro's policies are driving the destruction.<br />
