Amazon deforestation at nine-year low

Officials say forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in nine years

Amazon

DEFORESTATION OF AMAZON RAINFOREST
(Aug 1, 2023-Jul 30, 2024 / square kilometres)

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has promised to rein in deforestation, which hit 15-year high under his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro Brazil set to host UN COP30 climate talks in Amazon region next year

2024: 6,288 sq km destroyed – area larger than U.S. state of Delaware

Jair Bolsonaro 2019-2022
Lula da Silva 2022-present

15,000
12,000
9,000
6,000
3,000

2012
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24


4,571
9,064
11,594
13,038
10,851
10,129
7,536
6,947
7,893
6,207
5,891
5,012

Sources: National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
Picture: Getty Images
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