Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest though the annual rate of forest loss has generally been slowing since 2004. However, rates of deforestation jumped again in 2008, 2013 and 2015. In Brazil, the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE, or National Institute of Space Research) produces deforestation figures annually. Their deforestation estimates are derived from 100 to 220 images taken during the dry season in the Amazon by the Landsat satellite, also may only consider the loss of the Amazon rainforest – not the loss of natural fields or savannah within the Amazon biome. The native tribes of the Amazon have often been abused during the
The Whole Country is Red "For a long time I was really worried that I would be jailed". The stamp is today regarded as rare, with one being sold at an auction in 2009 for HK$3.68 million (US$475,000, £290,000). More recent auction realisations have been lower at £31050 in December 2010 (Stanley Gibbons) and HK$747,500 (£60,300) at InterAsia's September 2011 sale. The Whole Country is Red The Whole Country is Red is a Chinese postage stamp, issued on 24 November 1968, which contained a design error. The stamp featured a map of China with the words "The Whole Country is Red" (Chinese: "全国山河一片红"), with a