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"Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year,
reaching the lowest level of destruction in nine years, according to data from
the country’s national space research institute, INPE.
For the year ending July 31, the Brazilian Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square
kilometers (2,428 square miles)—roughly the size of Delaware in the
U.S.—marking the lowest annual loss since 2015, when 6,207 square kilometers
were cleared.
In the three months since then, the rate of loss appears to have remained
stable, based on deforestation alert data published by INPE yesterday.
This stability has persisted despite a sharp increase in fires across the
region. In September 2024, the area affected by fires in the Brazilian Amazon
surged nearly 18-fold, from 4,700 square kilometers to 39,983 square
kilometers, as fires ravaged areas hit by historic drought. Satellite-detected
fire hotspots rose by 70%, reaching 145,357 from 85,670 in the same period last
year."
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