William criticises Amazon forest deforestation crime in Brazil visit
5 hours ago Share Save Daniela Relph, Royal correspondent, Rio de Janeiro and Hafsa Khalil Share Save
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The Prince of Wales has criticised criminals involved in the deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, during a speech in Rio de Janeiro. William was speaking at the United for Wildlife conference on Tuesday as part of his royal visit to Brazil. "In the past year alone, over 1.7 million hectares of the Amazon were cleared across this region... much of which is driven by illicit activity," he told the audience. Earlier, William visited the small Brazilian island of Paqueta - home to a population of just 4,000 - where he was greeted by dozens of people an
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