National Institute for Space Research (INPE)

Rule Changes

Primary source of deforestation monitoring data

Brazil cut Amazon deforestation by a third in the first six months of 2023, putting the world's largest tropical rainforest on track for its lowest annual clearing rate in years. The turnaround arrived fast: just months earlier, deforestation had been running at its highest levels in over a decade. The shift traces directly to a change in government and a rapid restoration of environmental enforcement that had been dismantled under the previous administration.

Updated May 29