The Brazilian Amazon deforestation rate in 2020 is the greatest of the decade

Autores

Celso H. L. Silva Junior, Ana C. M. Pessôa, Nathália S. Carvalho, João B. C. Reis, Liana O. Anderson & Luiz E. O. C. Aragão

Publicado en

Nature Ecology & Evolution volume 5, pages 144–145

Año de publicación

2020

Afiliaciones

Tropical Ecosystems and Environmental Sciences Laboratory (TREES), São José dos Campos, Brazil. celsohlsj@gmail.com.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil. celsohlsj@gmail.com.
Tropical Ecosystems and Environmental Sciences Laboratory (TREES), São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (CEMADEN), São José dos Campos, Brazil.
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

Programa

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior &ndash Brasil (CAPES) &ndash Finance Code 001. A.C.M.P., N.S.C., J.B.C.R. and L.E.O.C.A.
Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for funding (processes 140877/2018-5, 140379/2018-5, 301597/2020-0 and 305054/2016-3, respectively). L.O.A.
the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI process SGP-HW 016), the CNPq (processes 441949/2018-5 and 442650/2018-3),
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP processes 2016/02018-2 and 2019/05440-5)

Proyecto

SGP-HW 016

Keywords

Brazilian Amazon

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01368-x

Resumen

To the Editor &mdash In 2012, Brazil achieved an unprecedented feat among tropical countries by reducing deforestation rates in Amazonia by 84% (4,571 km2) compared to the historical peak of 2004, when 27,772 km2 of forests were clear-cut1 (Fig. 1). This achievement resulted from multiple government initiatives, particularly the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)2,3 and international pressure, such as the soy and beef moratoria.