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.

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 ...

After four years of rising destruction in Brazil’s Amazon, deforestation dropped by 33.6% during the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term, according to government ...

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 ...

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to a five-year low, the country’s National Institute of Space Research announced on Thursday, a sign that Brazil, which has the biggest ...

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 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.

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.

There is evidence that approximately 17% of the Amazon forests have been lost and an additional 17% are degraded. Continuing to lose this biome would affect the livelihoods of around 47 million people ...

AGUA CLARA, Brazil — Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span ...

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 ...