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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

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region in 2021 was the highest in 10 years, according to Imazon

The deforested area from January to June reached 4,014 km², 55% more than in the same period last year Deforestation…

19 de July de 2021

Imazon data: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon was the highest in 10 years for the third month in a row

Deforested area in May 2021 reached 1.125 km², 70% more than the same month in 2020   Deforestation in the…

16 de June de 2021

#ImazonInTheMedia: Magazine highlights pirarucu as an under-exploited symbol of sustainable development in Brazilian Amazon

The pirarucu, a big fish native to the Amazon (adults in the wild can grow to a whopping 450 pounds),…

12 de May de 2021

#ImazonInTheMedia: Bills before Brazil Congress slammed for rewarding Amazon land grabbers (Mongabay)

The land regularization in the Brazilian Amazon was highlighted by Mongabay. After an interview with the Imazon's associate researcher Brenda…

19 de April de 2021