In October 2023, around 300 square kilometers of forest in the Brazilian Amazon were destroyed. Since January, nearly four thousand square kilometers were deforested in the region, a decline of over 60 percent in comparison to the same period in the previous year. Most of the deforested area in the Brazilian Amazon occurrs in private land areas.
Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from January 2020 to October 2023
(in square kilometers)
* The 'Legal Amazon' is an area of more than five million square kilometers, which comprises the Brazilian states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins.
This statistic was assembled using several releases of the publication.
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Imazon. (November 17, 2023). Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from January 2020 to October 2023 (in square kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/
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Imazon. (2023). Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from January 2020 to October 2023 (in square kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/
Imazon. "Monthly Deforested Area of The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil from January 2020 to October 2023 (in Square Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/
Imazon, Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from January 2020 to October 2023 (in square kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/ (last visited December 11, 2024)
Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from January 2020 to October 2023 (in square kilometers) [Graph], Imazon, November 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/