Mongabay: Amazon deforestation rises slightly to 4,600 square miles in 2008 mongabay.com November 28, 2008 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased slightly for the August 2007-July 2008 period, reports the country’s National Institute of Space Research (INPE). The rise is the first since 2004 when 27,379 square kilometers were destroyed. INPE estimates that 11,968 square kilometers (4,600 square miles) of rainforest were cleared during …