Although data were computed only up to February 17, 2023, the month this year registered a record number of deforestation alerts in the Legal Amazon. The information is from the Terra Brasilis platform, which gathers devastation data detected by satellite. The data was updated on Friday (24).
The tool, developed by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), collects alerts and monitors deforestation in the Amazon region since 2015 – with data for the first half only starting to be computed in 2016.
According to the platform, 208.75 km² were recorded only between February 1st and 17th. This number exceeds the monthly accumulated over the full month in the years 2022 (198.67 km²), 2021 (122.8 km²), 2020 (185.73 km²). 2019 (138.08 km²), 2018 (146.32 km²), 2017 (101.23 km²) and 2016 (114.98 km²). Compared to 2022, the growth was 5% in one year.
In the annual accumulated, 2023 registered 375.33 km² devastated. Despite the record in February, the amount accounted for is lower than in previous years. In 2022 in the same period, for example, the Legal Amazon had already detected 629.11 km² devastated.
In 2023, until February 17th, the state that recorded the most deforestation was Mato Grosso. Of the 375.33 km² affected this year, 198.85 km² – that is, 52.98%, more than half – were registered in the state. Next is Pará, with 65.47 km² – with 17.4% of the accumulated annual figure so far.
According to Inpe’s tool, deforestation alerts include the degradation of: deforestation with exposed soil, deforestation with vegetation and mining.
Source: CNN Brasil
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