Inter Press Service: Stretched out along the coastal zones of 17 of Brazil’s 26 states, an area marked by a high level of agricultural and industrial development, the Mata Atlântica or Atlantic Forest lost more than 100,000 hectares in the last three years, mainly due to urban expansion and economic growth. The "Atlas of Mata Atlântica Remnants", released May 26 by the Fundação SOS Mata Atlãntica and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), studied the vulnerable ecosystem in 10 …