Amazon deforestation on the rise

August 31, 2008 By BRADLEY BROOKS , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months - the first such increase in three years - as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday.

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