Amazon deforestation at 15-year high

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22% in a year to the highest level since 2006, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging


DEFORESTATION BY STATE 
Aug 2020-Jul 2021
Square km

Amazonas 2,347
Acre 871
Rondônia 1,681
Mato Grosso 2,263
Roraima: 386 
Amapá: 39
Pará 5,257 (40 percent of total)
Maranhão: 363 
Tocantins: 28

Amazon biome
Brasília
BRAZIL
1,000km 625 miles

Jair Bolsonaro


DEFORESTATION RATE, 2004-21 Annual figures for Aug-Jul

2005-06: 14,286 sq km

2020-21: Total of 13,235 sq km lost, an area nearly 17 times the size of New York City

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Source: INPE
Picture: Getty Images
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