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Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest continues to plunge

by Mongabay.com on 8 September 2023
     

  * Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to decline,
    according to data released today by Brazil's national space
    research institute, INPE.
  * INPE's deforestation alert system indicates that forest clearing
    in Brazil's portion of the Amazon in August declined 66% compared
    to the same month last year.
  * Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has seen a decrease for
    five consecutive months. This follows President Luiz Inacio Lula
    da Silva's commitment to curb the escalating forest loss in the
    region.
  * Brazil is set to release its annual assessment of deforestation
    for the year ending July 31 in the coming weeks.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon -- Earth's largest rainforest --
is on a continued downward trajectory, according to data released
today by Brazil's national space research institute, INPE.

INPE's deforestation alert system, known as DETER, indicates that
forest clearing in Brazil's section of the Amazon totaled 563 square
kilometers in August 2023. This is a 66% decline -- equating to nearly
1,100 square kilometers -- compared to the same month the previous
year.

Deforestation detected by DETER for the first eight months of 2023
amounted to 3,712 square kilometers. This is a 48% drop compared to
the previous year and the lowest figure since 2018.

12-month-moving average deforestation alert data from Imazon's SAD
system and INPE's DETER system. Imazon is a Brazilian NGO that
independently monitors deforestation.12-month-moving average
deforestation alert data from Imazon's SAD system and INPE's DETER
system. Imazon is a Brazilian NGO that independently monitors
deforestation. Area of deforestation detected by INPE's DETER system,
Jan 1-Aug 31 since 2009 (sq km)Area of deforestation detected by
INPE's DETER system, Jan 1-Aug 31 since 2009 (sq km)

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has seen a decrease for five
consecutive months. This follows President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva's commitment to curb the escalating forest loss in the region.
Notably, during Lula's earlier tenure in the 2000s, the annual rate
of deforestation had also declined significantly.

Brazil is set to release its annual assessment of deforestation for
the year ending July 31 in the coming weeks. This figure serves as
the standard baseline for comparing deforestation rates.

Since the early 1970s, the Brazilian Amazon has lost just under 20%
of its forest cover. Scientists express concern that the persistent
deforestation, combined with forest degradation and the impacts of
climate change, may put large areas of the rainforest at risk of
transitioning to a drier, savanna-like ecosystem. Such a shift would
have severe consequences for the region's carbon storage,
biodiversity, rainfall patterns, and the well-being of local
communities.

Rainbow over the Amazon rainforestRainbow over the Amazon rainforest.
Photo by Rhett A. Butler
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