Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits lowest level on record
Summary
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has reached its lowest level since 1988, with a 42 percent drop in forest loss compared to the previous year. This improvement follows stronger monitoring and penalties against illegal logging and supports President Lula’s goal to end illegal deforestation by 2030.Key Facts
- Brazil’s space agency Inpe reported 3,335 square kilometers of Amazon forest were cleared in the year through July.
- This figure is 42 percent lower than the year before and the lowest since records began in 1988.
- The previous low was 4,571 sq km in 2011-2012; losses peaked near 30,000 sq km in the mid-1990s.
- Deforestation has dropped every year since 2022 and is down 71.2 percent over four years.
- The fall in deforestation is credited to better monitoring and tougher penalties for illegal logging.
- President Lula aims for zero illegal deforestation by 2030, after increases during Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency.
- Lula is competing in an election run-off against Flavio Bolsonaro, who also promises to reduce illegal deforestation by 2029.
- Forest loss in the Cerrado savanna also fell 24 percent to the lowest level since 2001.
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