An estimated 1.98 million hectares (4.89 million acres) of forest were cleared in 2022, a 21% increase from 2021. It was the worst year for deforestation since 2004, according to Amazon ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped substantially in the first six months of this year, perhaps signaling a reversal after years of losses in the vast rainforest. Accessibility links.

There, deforestation is rampant. In the Amazon, far more land is legally protected, and rules dictating how much farmers can clear their own land are much stricter.

The lawless destruction of the Amazon rainforest is an emergency that touches us all: A unique resource seen as vital to averting catastrophic global warming is being decimated. Under Brazilian ...

The impact of agricultural colonization and deforestation on orchid bees (Apidae: Euglossini) in the Brazilian Amazon. Biological Conservation , 2024; 110560 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110560 Cite ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell almost 10% in May from the previous year, preliminary government data showed on Wednesday, ... All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes.

In 2021, Brazil recorded its highest annual rate of deforestation in 15 years, with some 5,100 square miles of rainforest lost.. Government officials say that is changing under da Silva. "The ...

The decrease in deforestation rates that began with his presidency has continued throughout 2023. In just the first four months of this year, deforestation decreased 76% compared to the same period in ...

More information: Eduardo A. Haddad et al, Economic drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, Nature Sustainability (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01387-7. Provided by FAPESP.

The total avoided deforestation amounted to only 1.6% of the deforestation in the Amazon and less than 1% of all of the deforestation in Brazil during the same period.