SAD detected 95 square kilometers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in December 2014. That represented a 70% increase in relation to December 2013 when deforestation totaled 56 square kilometers. It was possible to monitor 60% of the forest area in the Brazilian Amazon while in December 2013 monitoring covered a smaller area (41%) of the territory.
In December 2014, deforestation was concentrated in Mato Grosso (52%) and Pará (27%), with a lower occurrence in Roraima (12%) and Rondônia (9%).
Degraded forests in the Brazilian Amazon totaled 110 square kilometers in December 2014. In relation to December 2013, when forest degradation totaled 32 square kilometers, there was a 244% increase.
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This post was published on 10 de fevereiro de 2015
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