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Brazil's Forest Shrinks Three Times in 40 Years Germany

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Brazil has lost over 110 million hectares of natural area since 1985 - three times as much as the area of Germany. Particularly affected: Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal.
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Between 1985 and 2024, Brazil lost 111.7 million hectares of natural areas: an area larger than Bolivia. The conversion of land to agricultural use has accelerated over the past four decades, according to data from the new Collection 10 of maps released last Wednesday (13) by MapBiomas. On average, 2.9 million hectares were lost per year between 1985 and 2024. In the same period, the number of municipalities dominated by agriculture rose from 47…

Brazil has lost over 110 million hectares of natural area since 1985 - three times as much as the area of Germany. Particularly affected: Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal.

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zdfheute.de broke the news in on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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