Government data showed on Thursday that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell by 22.3% in the 12 months to July, marking the smallest area of deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest since 2018.
According to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), approximately 9,001 square kilometers of jungle was deforested between August 2022 and July this year.
The data produced annually by Inpe’s Prodes satellite monitoring program is much more accurate than that of the Deter warning system, which releases weekly figures.
Destruction in the Amazon has increased under the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro, weakening environmental authorities and paving the way for an influx of miners, loggers and farmers clearing the jungle.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who started his term at the beginning of this year, has made rebuilding the environmental protection system and reducing deforestation one of his government’s priorities. (Reuters).
Source: La Neta Neta
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