Deforestation Hits Record Low in Brazilian Amazon
Forest destruction fell to 2,874 sq km in the 12 months through July, Brazil’s lowest Deter reading since 2015, officials said.
- Amazon deforestation in Brazil fell to 2,874sq km in the 12 months through July, an area slightly larger than Luxembourg, putting the country on track for its lowest official forest loss since satellite measurements began nearly four decades ago.
- Over President Luiz's three-and-a-half-year tenure, deforestation reached 19,642sq km according to the Climate Observatory, a 41 per cent drop compared with the 2019-2022 period under Jair Bolsonaro's government.
- The USTR concluded that some Brazilian practices were "unreasonable or discriminatory," citing illegal deforestation alongside trade concerns; a 25 per cent tariff on select Brazilian imports took effect July 22, though exemptions included beef.
- Deter, a near-real-time monitoring system, guides enforcement efforts in Brazil, while the higher-resolution Prodes system will publish the official annual figure in October or November 2026, expected to confirm the lowest rate since 1988.
- Brazil contains the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, and this significant reduction in forest destruction comes amid fresh international pressure over the country's environmental record and trade practices.
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In Brazil, deforestation in the Amazon continues to decline, reaching its lowest level in a decade. Between August 2025 and July 2026, 2,874 km² were deforested in the Brazilian part of the world's largest rainforest, 37% less than the previous year, according to official figures released on Friday, August 7. This confirms the improvement observed since the return of President Lula da Silva, who made ending illegal deforestation a priority of hi…
Under Lula's predecessor Bolsonaro, farmers and gold prospectors are allowed to cut down the rainforest massively. The new president changes this and wants to reduce deforestation to zero by 2030. Satellite images now prove a first major success.
In Brazil's Amazon region, 2,874 square kilometres of forest have been destroyed last year, less than in previous years. The government wants to stop deforestation.
The Amazon region in Brazil is doing increasingly well. Last year, 2,900 square kilometers of forest disappeared, according to satellite data from the Brazilian space agency INPE. That is the lowest number since measurements began ten years ago. The figures cover the period between August 2025 and July 2026. A year earlier, significantly more forest was lost from the world's largest rainforest during the same period: 4,500 square kilometers. Th…
The area lost was limited to 2,874 sq km – Lula pledges to eliminate illegal deforestation by 2030
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