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During the early 2000s, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest showed an increasing trend, with an annual rate of 27,423 km 2 (10,588 sq mi) of forest loss recorded in 2004. Subsequently, the annual rate of forest loss generally slowed between 2004 and 2012, although there were spikes in deforestation rates in 2008, [59] 2013, [60] and 2015. [61]
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has skyrocketed to a 12-year high in 2020. Government data released on Monday (November 30) showed more than 11,000 square kilometers have been wiped ...
In a year period, spanning from August 2019 to July 2020, deforestation in the world's largest rainforest increased by nearly 10%. Amazon sees highest levels of deforestation in 12 years [Video ...
In January 2020, deforestation more than doubled compared with the previous year. [104] From August 2020 to July 2021, INPE recorded 13,235sq km of deforestation. [105] In January 2022, according to government data, Brazil recorded the most deforestation in the Amazon rainforest for the month of January since the current data series began in ...
The area deforested in Brazil's Amazon reached a 15-year high after a 22% jump from the prior year, according to official data published Thursday. The National Institute for Space Research’s ...
At this rate, Brazil's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 38.9% was to be reached by 2016 rather than 2020. [39] Between 2010 and 2018, Amazon deforestation rates have indeed been low, but data suggests that (in the Amazon region), since 2019, the deforestation rate is again rising considerably. [40]
Brazil’s deforestation surveillance year runs from August 1 to July 30. Still, much remains to be done to end the destruction and the month of July showed a 33% increase in tree cutting over ...
The mean annual deforestation rate from 2000 to 2005 (22,392 km 2 or 8,646 sq mi per year) was 18% higher than in the previous five years (19,018 km 2 or 7,343 sq mi per year). [77] Although deforestation declined significantly in the Brazilian Amazon between 2004 and 2014, there has been an increase to the present day. [78]