The deforestation of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil's second most important forest, grew 57.7% in a year, from 2015 to 2016, when the biome lost 29,075 hectares, or 29 thousand football fields.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/brazilian-atlantic-forest-deforestation-nearly-60-year
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/big-news-network
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-management