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Deforestation Drops in Cerrado but Grows in Amazon
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Amazonia has been a victim of deforestation for many years now. Our planet’s land lung is subject to indiscriminate logging of its native trees generally to ‘clear’ land that is then ‘returned’ into agroganaderos. This problem during Bolsonaro’s presidency has increased, given that it has given free rein to the ‘facendeiros’, who have razed thousands of hectares of indigenous lands, protected and of great ecological value. Lula is trying to curb…
Deforestation drops in Cerrado but grows in Amazon
Over the past 12 months, deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado biome dropped by 20%, while the Amazon saw a 4% rise in alerts. In the Amazon, alerts covered 4,495 square kilometers—up from 4,321 km² in the previous period. Despite the uptick, this figure represents the second-lowest level recorded in the historical data series.
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change announced this Thursday (8) that the destabilization alerts in Amazon reached 4,495 km2 between August 2024 and July 2025. The number represents an increase of 4% relative to the previous period, mainly influenced by forest fires recorded in the second half of the year. Also, the volume is the second lowest in the historical series of the Deter system, of the National Institute of Spatial Research (…
Data from the Deter system, run by INPE (National Institute for Space Research), show that 4,495 km² of the Amazon rainforest were under deforestation alert from August 2024 to July 2025. This represents a 4% increase compared to the previous cycle, when 4,321 km² were recorded. It is the second-lowest level in the system's historical series. The figures were released this Thursday (August 7, 2025) by the MMA (Ministry of Environment and Climate…
The explosion in brazilian Amazon has increased 4% in the last year, interrupting a sequence of four consecutive falls and due, in part, to the proliferation of fires, according to preliminary data published yesterday by the Government. The destruction of the native vegetation affected 4,495 kilometres squarely from the largest tropical forest of the planet between August 2024 and July 2025. The data are evidenced by the system of warnings of th…
The Amazon Bioma recorded, over the last 12 months, an increase of 4% in decommissioning alerts, issued in a total of 4,495 square kilometres (km2), compared to 4,321 km2 in the previous period. Despite growth, the result is the second lowest in the historical series. The measure for the Bioma Cerrado was 20.8%, with alerts in a total of 5,555 km2 versus 7,014 km2 in the previous period. Related news:Lula has to be hit by PL of environmental lic…
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