Between January and June of 2019, more than 2,000 square kilometers of rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon were destroyed. The highest deforestation rates were reported in May and June of 2019, when around 800 square kilometers of rainforest were deforested in each month. Most of the deforested area in the Brazilian Amazon occurred in private land areas.
Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from September 2018 to June 2019
(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.
Data prior to June 2019 were retrieved from earlier releases of the publication.
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Imazon. (July 11, 2019). Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from September 2018 to June 2019 (in square kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/
Imazon. "Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from September 2018 to June 2019 (in square kilometers)." Chart. July 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/
Imazon. (2019). Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from September 2018 to June 2019 (in square kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/
Imazon. "Monthly Deforested Area of The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil from September 2018 to June 2019 (in Square Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/
Imazon, Monthly deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from September 2018 to June 2019 (in square kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030359/brazil-amazon-deforested-area-month/ (last visited March 29, 2020)
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