Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has soared 22 per cent in a year to the highest level since 2006, the government's annual report shows:
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has soared 22 per cent in a year to the highest level since 2006, the government's annual report shows, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro's assurances the country is curbing illegal logging.
The surging destruction comes despite Mr Bolsonaro's efforts to show his government is serious about protecting the Amazon, considered critical to staving off catastrophic climate change.The far-right politician still calls for more mining and commercial farming in protected parts of the rainforest. The INPE report, dated 27 October, shows deforestation rising in each of the past four cycles - a first for the data series since at least 2000.
In the run-up to the summit, Brazil's government had touted preliminary monthly data pointing to a slight decline for the annual period as evidence it was getting deforestation under control. The more refined final data instead shows a dire picture."The numbers are still a challenge for us and we have to be more forceful in relation to these crimes," Environment Minister Joaquim Pereira Leite said on Thursday.
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