Deforestation in the Amazon records the biggest drop of the year in November

2023-12-26 16:35:58

In November, the Amazon recorded the biggest drop in the deforestation rate of the entire year. An Imazon survey, consolidated from satellite monitoring, indicates that the loss of vegetation was 116 square kilometers (km²), 80% less than the area calculated in 2022, when it reached 590 km². This was also the lowest level of deforestation reached in November 2017.

From January to November, deforestation fell by 62%, from 10,286 km² in 2022 to 3,922 km², the lowest deforestation for the period since 2017. The rate is still worrying, as it represents 1,200 soccer fields. forest per day.

Imazon notes that Pará, Amazonas and Mato Grosso are the states where there are the most cases, when analyzing the period from January to November this year. Despite having recorded significant drops in deforestation, the three federative units account for 74% of the devastated area. Rondônia, Acre and Maranhão also recorded a reduction. Furthermore, the organization found an increase in deforestation in three states: Amapá (240%), Tocantins (33%) and Roraima (27%).

Imazon also monitors advances or setbacks related to forest degradation caused by fires or logging, in addition to deforestation rates, that is, the total loss of native vegetation. In November, for the second consecutive month, degradation increased in the Amazon, going from 739 km² in 2022 to 1,566 km² this year. An increase of 112% from one year to the next.

The state most affected by degradation was Pará, which accounted for 70% of this environmental damage in November, followed by Maranhão (12%), Amazonas (8%), Mato Grosso (6%) and Rondônia (4%). Throughout the year, there was also an increase in degradation in February, March, May and October.

From January to November, degradation also decreased. Environmental damage went from 9,127 km² in 2022 to 5,042 km² in 2023, a reduction of 45%. In this case, the reduction was smaller than that of deforestation. The factor to which the drop is attributed were the fires in Amazonas and Pará, which alarmed the entire country, as the smoke reached municipalities such as Manaus and Santarém thickly.

With information from Agência Brasil

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