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Tracing Anti-deforestation Enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon (MITGOV/LAB)

A Q&A with Clemente Sanchez, MIT PhD Candidate in Political Science and MIT GOV/LAB Graduate Fellow, about his field research…

21 de October de 2024

Accumulated deforestation by September has passed 9,000 km² in 2022, the worst mark in 15 years

Forest degradation caused by burning and logging increased nearly fivefold in September   From January to September, the area of…

18 de October de 2022

Almost 40% of logging in the Amazon is illegal, shows an unprecedented study

An area equivalent to the city of São Paulo had irregular logging in just one year, 15% within indigenous lands…

30 de September de 2022

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon grows almost 70%, and reaches the worst February in 15 years

Devastated area hit 303 km² in the month, the second consecutive growth this year   One year after achieving the…

18 de March de 2022

Artificial intelligence platform estimates deforestation risk of 15 thousand km² in the Brazilian Amazon in 2022

Called PrevisIA, the tool shows the forest areas under the greatest threat of deforestation to assist in preventive actions If…

17 de February de 2022

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon grows 29% in 2021 and is the highest in the last 14 years

Forest destruction reached 10,362 km² last year, the largest area since the beginning of Imazon’s monitoring The Brazilian Amazon rainforest…

17 de January de 2022

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon from January to November exceeds 10,000 km², worst record in 10 years

This devastated area is 31% higher than in the same period in 2020, according to Imazon     From January…

20 de December de 2021

Brazilian Amazon lost forest area greater than 4 thousand soccer fields per day in September

Deforestation in the month reached 1,224 km², the highest number for the period in 10 years     Deforestation pace…

20 de October de 2021

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached 1,606 km² in August, the largest area of ​​the decade in the month

Accumulated since January, 7,715 km2, it was also the worst in 10 years   An area of ​​1,606 km² was…

20 de September de 2021

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached 2,095 km² in July, and the last 12 months cumulative is the highest in 10 years

From August 2020 to July 2021, period known in Brazil as “deforestation calendar”, the rainforest destructed area hit 10,476 km²…

19 de August de 2021