Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest risen 14% in March from previous year, preliminary official data shows, highlighting continued challenges for new leftist Lula government
Brazil officially measures annual deforestation from August to July, to limit the influence of cloud cover obscuring destruction satellite images during the rainy months.
Lula da Silva took office on January 1, pledging to end deforestation after years of surging deforestation under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, who slashed environmental protection efforts in the Amazon. The latest figures present a mixed picture on the government’s anti-deforestation thus far with the destruction for January to March falling to 845 square kilometres, a decrease of 11 percent from the prior year.
"There are only four months left to close the final deforestation numbers. This means that a decrease in deforestation in the Amazon final rates in 2023 is unlikely. In fact, it has greater chances of increasing," Astrini says.At the end of February in Brasilia, US climate envoy John Kerry said that the world could not meet its climate goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius unless it protects the Amazon rainforest.
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