Forest degradation caused by burning and logging increased nearly fivefold in September   From January to September, the area of Amazon forest felled reached 9,069 km², which corresponds to almost eight times the city of Rio de Janeiro. It was the largest devastation in 15 years, since the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment

An area equivalent to the city of São Paulo had irregular logging in just one year, 15% within indigenous lands and conservation units Logging in the Brazilian Amazon (Photo: Idesam) A pioneering study shows the percentage of illegal logging in the Brazilian Amazon for the first time. The analysis shows that environmental agencies did not

Devastated area hit 303 km² in the month, the second consecutive growth this year   One year after achieving the largest deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in at least 14 years, Brazil is heading towards a new negative record in 2022. In February alone, 303 km² of native forest were destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon.

Called PrevisIA, the tool shows the forest areas under the greatest threat of deforestation to assist in preventive actions If more effective measures to combat deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon are not taken, the region could have, in 2022, the largest felled forest area in the last 16 years. Estimates from the artificial intelligence platform

Forest destruction reached 10,362 km² last year, the largest area since the beginning of Imazon’s monitoring The Brazilian Amazon rainforest experienced its worst moment in the last 14 years in 2021. From January to December, 10,362 km² of native forest were destroyed according to the Brazilian research center Imazon, the largest area since the beginning

This devastated area is 31% higher than in the same period in 2020, according to Imazon     From January to November 2021, the Brazilian Amazon lost a forest area of 10,222 km², which is equivalent to seven times the city of São Paulo. This is the highest accumulated in the last 10 years, according

Deforestation in the month reached 1,224 km², the highest number for the period in 10 years     Deforestation pace in the Brazilian Amazon remains accelerated: the region lost a forest area larger than 4 thousand soccer fields a day in September. In the entire month, 1,224 km² were devastated, an area equivalent to the

Accumulated since January, 7,715 km2, it was also the worst in 10 years   An area of ​​1,606 km² was deforested in the Brazilian Amazon just in August, the highest rate for the month in 10 years. With that, the accumulated since January was also the worst of the decade. The data are from Imazon’s

From August 2020 to July 2021, period known in Brazil as “deforestation calendar”, the rainforest destructed area hit 10,476 km² The devastation in the Brazilian Amazon has been running at its fastest pace in 10 years. Only in July, 2,095 km² was deforested, 80% more than in the same month in 2020, according to Imazon