Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell almost 10% in May from the previous year, preliminary government data showed on Wednesday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration has strengthened efforts at protection.
Official data from space research agency Inpe showed that 812 square km were cleared in the Brazilian Amazon last month, less than the 900 square km reported in the previous year.
This year through the end of May, land clearing in the Amazon fell 31% compared to the same five months of 2022, according to Inpe data. "We had assumed deforestation at an accelerated rate and we are now managing to invert the curve," Capobianco told a press conference.Rodrigo Agostinho, president of environmental agency Ibama, said efforts to fight deforestation had significantly increased in the first months of 2023.
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