Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continued to plummet, reaching the lowest level since March 2018, according to new data from the alert system run by Brazil’s national space research institute, INPE.


Deforestation for the year to date is down 40% compared to 2023, with expectations for a significant annual decline when the “deforestation year” concludes on July 31.

The decline in deforestation registered by DETER mirrors the trend recorded by an independent system maintained by Imazon, a Brazilian NGO. Imazon’s system is seen as a check against official data.

Source: Mongabay

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