About 11,568 square kilometers of forests were lost during the last 12 months, compared to 13,038 square kilometers during the previous 12 months.
According to recent data by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), the deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 11.27 percent between August 2021 and July 2022 year-on-year.
About 11,568 square kilometers of forests were lost during the last 12 months, compared to 13,038 square kilometers during the previous 12 months. The figures were compiled in an annual report issued by Prodes, a project for remote sensing deforestation rates in the Amazon. It is considered the most accurate mechanism for measuring forest loss.
Notably, Brazil's government said in a statement that it is committed to the goals established at successive editions of the UN Conference on Climate Change to end illegal deforestation by 2030.
60% of the forest is contained within Brazil, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Over 30 million people of 350 different ethnic groups live here, which are subdivided into 9 different national political systems and 3,344 formally acknowledged indigenous territories. Also, indigenous people account for about 9% of the total population with 60 of the groups remaining largely isolated.
Over the past two decades, the deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon peaked in 2004, when 27,700 square kilometers of forest were lost. In 2012, a record-low of 4,500 square kilometers were deforested. However, since 2015, deforestation has accelerated.
