Mongabay: Brazil set aside more land in protected areas than any other country during the 2000s, accounting for nearly 60 percent of total terrestrial conservation during the decade, according to mongabay.com’s analysis of data from the U.N Environment Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Center. Between 2000 and 2008 (the most recent year for which data is available) Brazil established 869,360 square kilometers in new protected areas, an increase of 53 percent over 2000. Second on the …