{"id":273110,"date":"2023-09-08T18:48:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/?p=273110"},"modified":"2023-09-10T02:38:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T02:38:06","slug":"deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest-continues-to-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/09\/deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest-continues-to-plunge\/","title":{"rendered":"Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest continues to plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon \u2014 Earth&#8217;s largest rainforest \u2014 is on a continued downward trajectory, according to data released today by Brazil&#8217;s national space research institute, INPE.<\/p><p>INPE&#8217;s deforestation alert system, known as DETER, indicates that forest clearing in Brazil&#8217;s section of the Amazon totaled 563 square kilometers in August 2023. This is a 66% decline \u2014 equating to nearly 1,100 square kilometers \u2014 compared to the same month the previous year.<\/p><p>Deforestation detected by DETER for the first eight months of 2023 amounted to 3,712 square kilometers. This is a 48% drop compared to the previous year and the lowest figure since 2018.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_273111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182356\/inpe-230908-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182356\/inpe-230908-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"12-month-moving average deforestation alert data from Imazon&#039;s SAD system and INPE&#039;s DETER system. Imazon is a Brazilian NGO that independently monitors deforestation.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-273111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182356\/inpe-230908-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182356\/inpe-230908-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182356\/inpe-230908-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182356\/inpe-230908-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182356\/inpe-230908-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182356\/inpe-230908-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">12-month-moving average deforestation alert data from Imazon&#8217;s SAD system and INPE&#8217;s DETER system. Imazon is a Brazilian NGO that independently monitors deforestation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_273112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182404\/inpe-janaug-230908-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182404\/inpe-janaug-230908-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Area of deforestation detected by INPE&#039;s DETER system, Jan 1-Aug 31 since 2009 (sq km)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-273112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182404\/inpe-janaug-230908-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182404\/inpe-janaug-230908-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182404\/inpe-janaug-230908-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182404\/inpe-janaug-230908-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182404\/inpe-janaug-230908-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182404\/inpe-janaug-230908-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Area of deforestation detected by INPE&#8217;s DETER system, Jan 1-Aug 31 since 2009 (sq km)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has seen a decrease for five consecutive months. This follows President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva&#8217;s commitment to curb the escalating forest loss in the region. Notably, during Lula&#8217;s earlier tenure in the 2000s, the annual rate of deforestation had also declined significantly.<\/p><p>Brazil is set to release its annual assessment of deforestation for the year ending July 31 in the coming weeks. This figure serves as the standard baseline for comparing deforestation rates.<\/p><p>Since the early 1970s, the Brazilian Amazon has lost just under 20% of its forest cover. Scientists express concern that the persistent deforestation, combined with forest degradation and the impacts of climate change, may put large areas of the rainforest at risk of transitioning to a drier, savanna-like ecosystem. Such a shift would have severe consequences for the region&#8217;s carbon storage, biodiversity, rainfall patterns, and the well-being of local communities.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_273113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182946\/ecuador_236248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182946\/ecuador_236248-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Rainbow over the Amazon rainforest\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-273113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182946\/ecuador_236248-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182946\/ecuador_236248-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/09\/08182946\/ecuador_236248-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainbow over the Amazon rainforest. 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This follows President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva's commitment to curb the escalating forest loss in the region.","mog_bullet_3_mog_bulletpoint":"Brazil is set to release its annual assessment of deforestation for the year ending July 31 in the coming weeks.","coordinates":"","grant":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273110"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=273110"},{"taxonomy":"serial","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=273110"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=273110"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=273110"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=273110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}