In the past 12 months, the Amazon rain forest lost 4,300 square kilometers of land, roughly the size of Rhode Island, yet it is a nearly 46 per cent decrease compared to the previous period
A drone view shows a deforested plot of Brazil's Amazon rain forest in the municipality of Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, on Aug. 7.Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when officials began using the current method of measurement.
Still, much remains to be done to end the destruction, and the month of July showed a 33% increase in tree cutting over July 2023. A strike by officials at federal environmental agencies contributed to this surge, said Joo Paulo Capobianco, executive secretary for the Environment Ministry, during a press conference in Brasilia.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged “deforestation zero” by 2030. His current term ends in January 2027. Amazon deforestation has steeply declined since the end of far-right President Jair Bolsolonaros rule in 2022. Under his government, forest loss reached a 15-year high. At the same time, deforestation in Brazils vast savannah, known as the Cerrado, increased by 9%. The native vegetation loss reached 7,015 square kilometres – an area 63% larger than the destruction in the Amazon.
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