Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Remains Near 15-Year High

Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls, but up 60pc under Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 1 — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon destroyed an area bigger than Qatar in the 12 months through July, according to official figures released Wednesday, which showed a decline from the year before — but a sharp increase overall under outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro. In the latest grim news on the world’s biggest rainforest, satellite monitoring showed 11,568 square kilometers (4,466 square miles) of forest cover was d…

Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Remains Near 15-Year High

Rio de Janeiro - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after setting a 15-year high, according to closely watched numb

Amazon deforestation in Brazil remains near 15-year high

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after a 15-year high, according to closely watched numbers published Wednesday. The data was released by the National Institute for Space Research.

Amazon deforestation in Brazil remains near 15-year high

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after a 15-year high, according to closely watched numbers published today. The data was released by the National Institute for Space Research. The agency’s Prodes monitoring system shows the rainforest lost an area roughly the size of Qatar, some 11,600 square kilometers (4,500 square miles) in the 12 months from August 2021 to July 2022. That is down …

Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls, but up 60% under Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon destroyed an area bigger than Qatar in the 12 months through July, according to official figures released on Wednesday (Nov 30), which showed a decline from the year before - but a sharp increase overall under outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro. In the l

Less deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Most of the forest was destroyed in 2004, after which deforestation fell steadily until 2012. With Bolsonaro, it increased again