US EditionBrazil’s Amazon Deforestation Falls 11% Even as Fires Surge to Record Levels
- On July 31st, 2025, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research reported deforestation fell 11% to 5,796 square kilometers in the Legal Amazon.
- The Environment Ministry credited stronger enforcement, expanded satellite monitoring and renewed federal coordination as Ibama seized more than 4,500 pieces of machinery and filed over 75 civil lawsuits with the Attorney General's Office this year.
- INPE reported fire detections in 2025 reached the highest since 2010; the 2024 exceptional drought and heat caused 2.78 million hectares of forest loss, roughly 60% from fire.
- As COP30 nears next month, Brazil will present a forest narrative of progress and peril while the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, a $125 billion fund, faces a make-or-break moment.
- Changing patterns of forest loss show shifts toward degradation and road sprawl, while DETER detection system reports burned areas down 45% to 21,543 square kilometers this year.
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A break for the world’s largest rainforest. Last year, Brazil, which holds 60% of the Amazon, continued to reduce deforestation and reached the best figure since 2013. 5,796 square kilometers of native vegetation were destroyed, 11% less than the previous year. Deforestation was reduced in eight of the nine Brazilian states that distribute the Amazon. The results would be even better if it were not for the exception of Mato Grosso, the leader in…
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