Deforestation alerts in the Amazon fall 66% in August

Updated at 19pm on 05/09/2023

Alerts are made by the Real-Time Deforestation Detection System (Deter).

When compared with the same period last year, the index also represents an 66% drop. 

“In the month of August we had a 66,11% reduction in deforestation” in relation to August 2022, announced the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, during an official ceremony in Brasília on the occasion of Amazon Day.

With 563 km² (an area approximately the size of the city of São Luís), this year's rate was only above the marks of 2017 and 2018, when the index reached 278 km² and 526 km², respectively.

It is worth remembering that Legal Amazon corresponds to 59% of the Brazilian territory, and encompasses the area of ​​8 states (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins) and part of Maranhão.

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