Deforestation report for the Brazilian Amazon (August 2014) SAD

SAD detected 437 square kilometers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in August 2014. That represented an increase of 136% in relation to August 2013 when deforestation totaled 185 square kilometers. It was possible to monitor 94% of the forest area in the Brazilian Amazon while in August 2013 monitoring covered a smaller area (80%) of the territory. In August 2014, deforestation was concentrated in Mato Grosso (33%), and Rondônia (30%), followed by Amazonas (19%), Pará (14%), with a lower occurrence in Acre (3%) and in Roraima (1%). Degraded forests in the Brazilian Amazon totaled 319 square kilometers in August 2014. In relation to August 2013, when forest degradation totaled 92 square kilometers, there was a 246% increase. Download