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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]
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 ...
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 ...
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]
In a year period, spanning from August 2019 to July 2020, deforestation in the world's largest rainforest increased by nearly 10%.
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 ...
The fear is that the deal could lead to more deforestation of the Amazon rainforest as it expands market access to Brazilian beef. [86] According to a November 2021 report by Brazil's INPE, based on satellite data, deforestation has increased by 22% over 2020 and is at its highest level since 2006. [87] [88]
Government officials already fear that the deforestation rate may increase next year as the Amazonian city of Belem prepares to host the annual U.N. climate talks, known as COP30. The Amazon, an area twice the size of India, holds the world’s largest rainforest, about two-thirds of it within Brazil.