In August, the drop was even more significant. There was variation from 1.661,02 km² to 563,09 km².
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Now at Cerrado, a biome that has been subjected to profound interference, due to the advance of soybean monoculture, which also radically changes the landscape and affects the local fauna and flora, the perimeter taken up by deforestation increased from 273,41 km² to 516,73 km² , in September this year, compared to September last year. When comparing the August tables of both years, what can be seen is that the size of the area remained practically the same, changing from 451,81 km² to 463,36 km².
Environmentalists have already reiterated requests for authorities to look at the Cerrado with the same care they take with the Amazon Region. As found out by the Agency Brazil, at the beginning of this year, the biome, which can be classified as a savannah and it is called, not for nothing, the “cradle of waters”, due to the water reserves it houses, could lose 33,9% of river flows by 2050, if the pace of agricultural exploration remains at current levels.
The states that present the most critical deforestation situation in the Cerrado are Bahia, Maranhão and Tocantins.
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(With Brazil Agency)
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