2023-11-10 03:30:13
A coalition of environmental groups welcomed the findings, which “put the country on track to meet the climate goal.”
This is the best observation observed by the INPE since 2019, the starting point of an outbreak of logging in the Amazon forest which reached a peak of 13,038 km2 destroyed between August 2020 and July 2021, unprecedented in 15 years.
A commitment from Lula
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to reduce deforestation in Brazil to zero by 2030 by reversing the environmental policies of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) who was skeptical of change climatic.
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At a press conference to present the findings, Environment Minister Marina Silva said the Amazon had been the target of a “profusion of crimes” in recent years “following a complete dismantling of the structure of environmental governance”.
According to the Brazilian government, the reduction in deforestation between August 2022 and July 2023 made it possible to avoid the emission of 133 million tonnes of CO2, or 7.5% of the total emitted by the country.
The threat of fires
According to the WWF, the Amazon recorded its worst October in 15 years, with 22,000 fires starting, an increase of 59% compared to the same month last year.
The north and northeast of Brazil are suffering from a severe drought that has reduced river flows to historically low levels. And the situation is expected to worsen in the coming months, due to the “high probability” of below-average precipitation and temperatures “above historical values”, said the National Disaster Monitoring and Warning Center natural resources (CEMADEN) in a recent report.
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