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Tree cover loss in Brazil amounted to 2.99 million hectares in 2021, down by nine percent from the previous year. In the period of consideration, tree cover loss peaked at 5.38 million hectares in 2016. This development was also reflected in the primary forest loss in Brazil.

Tree cover loss in Brazil from 2001 to 2021 (in million hectares)

Characteristic	Tree cover loss in million hectares
2021	2.99
2020	3.29
2019	2.7
2018	2.95
2017	4.52
2016	5.38
2015	2.22
2014	2.69
2013	1.95
2012	2.92
2011	1.92
2010	2.69
2009	1.82
2008	2.44
2007	2.62
2006	2.88
2005	3.49
2004	3.85
2003	3.25
2002	3.51
2001	2.75

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2022

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2001 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The release date is the date the data was accessed.

Includes all vegetation taller than five meters. Loss means mortality or removal of trees due to various factors, and does not associate with deforestation only.

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