The highest-ranking states for deforestation saw a plunge of some 60%. Among the factors behind it are the increase in inspections and embargoes, and the fact that producers are denied credit over deforestation.
The blaze raged in the Monte Pascoal National Park in Porto Seguro city, in Southern Bahia. The area is part of the already-threatened Atlantic forest biome.
Nearly half of the burned area in Brazil during January to June this year concentrated in Roraima—an Amazonian state—witnessing the destruction of one million hectares.
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change reported that the grant should cover three national forests in the southern states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, drawing investments of BRL 430 mi in a 35-year-long contract.
From 2019 to 2022, when the survey was in progress, 303 thousand deforestation events were reported across 6.6 mi hectares. Agriculture and cattle raising were the top drivers, with 95.7% of the total, or 1.96 mi hectares.
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