The Amazon regulates the rain that waters crops and supplies cities. Brazil's space agency measures deforestation by satellite every year: 13,235 km² in 2021 and 5,731 km² in 2025; the 2026 estimate is the lowest since 1988.
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- Desmatamento na Amazônia é o maior desde 2006, indica InpeProdes recorded about 13,000 km² deforested in the Amazon in 2021, the highest since 2006.Read the story
- Desmatamento da Amazônia tem alta de 21,97% em 2021, diz InpeINPE reported 13,235 km² of deforestation, up 21.97% from 2020.Read the story
- Salles sugere 'ir passando a boiada' para mudar regras durante pandemiaAt the cabinet meeting, Salles proposed using the pandemic to 'pass the cattle herd' and loosen environmental rules.Read the story
Sources
Where the data on this page comes from.
- INPE (Prodes)
2026 estimate: lowest deforestation rate in the series that began in 1988.
- INPE (Prodes)
Consolidated 2025 rate: 5,731 km².
- INPE (Prodes 2021)
Technical note: 13,235 km² cleared from August 2020 to July 2021, up 22%.