The statistic shows the deforestation rate of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil from 2004 to 2018. The source estimated that 7,900 square kilometers of the Brazilian Amazon were destroyed in 2018, up from around 6,950 square kilometers a year earlier.
Brazil: deforested area in the Amazon rainforest 2004-2018
Deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon from 2004 to 2018
(in 1,000 square kilometers per year)
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INPE, & Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (Brazil). (November 23, 2018). Deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon from 2004 to 2018 (in 1,000 square kilometers per year) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 13, 2019, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/940696/brazil-amazon-deforestation-rate-area/
INPE, und Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (Brazil). "Deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon from 2004 to 2018 (in 1,000 square kilometers per year)." Chart. November 23, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 13, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/940696/brazil-amazon-deforestation-rate-area/
INPE, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (Brazil). (2018). Deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon from 2004 to 2018 (in 1,000 square kilometers per year). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 13, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/940696/brazil-amazon-deforestation-rate-area/
INPE, and Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (Brazil). "Deforestation Rate in The Brazilian Amazon from 2004 to 2018 (in 1,000 Square Kilometers per Year)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/940696/brazil-amazon-deforestation-rate-area/
INPE & Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (Brazil), Deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon from 2004 to 2018 (in 1,000 square kilometers per year) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/940696/brazil-amazon-deforestation-rate-area/ (last visited December 13, 2019)