US EditionDeforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest falls to lowest since 2015
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 30.6 percent from August 2023, marking the lowest amount of yearly deforestation since 2015, according to the National Institute for Space Research .
- A total of 6,288 square kilometers of forest were destroyed, reported INPE Director Gilvan Oliveira, calling it "the lowest result in the last nine years."
- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aims to end illegal deforestation by 2030, following a dramatic increase under his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.
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Brazil’s president promised to protect the Amazon. This year, deforestation fell 31%.
After years of agribusiness expansion under former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right government, the Amazon’s deforestation rate plummeted this year. Current President Lula da Silva has prioritized environmental protections.
In the Amazon, the area deforested between the 12-month season of August 2023 and July 2024 is the smallest for a Prodes season since 2017. In the previous edition, this number was 9,064 km² - August 2022 to July 2023.
Illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has continued to decline. Between August 2023 and July this year, around 30 percent less area was deforested than in the same period last year, the Brazilian space institute Inpe announced after an analysis of satellite data.
The environmental policy of Brazilian President Lula da Silva is having an effect: deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is at its lowest level in nine years. Does this mean the all-clear for the CO2 storage facility?
Deforestation in the Amazon has fallen by 30.6% in one year according to data presented on Wednesday 6 November by the government of Lula, president who promised to fight against the phenomenon. This is 30.6% less than the previous year.
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