Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22% in one year up to a maximum since 2006, showed the government’s annual report, despite the fact that the president Jair bolsonaro It has ensured that the country is curbing illegal logging.
Brazil’s space research agency, INPE, recorded 13,235 square kilometers of deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest in your satellite data during the official annual period from August 2020 to July 2021.
The increase occurs despite Bolsonaro’s efforts for showing that your government is serious about preserving the environment, while still calling for more mining and commercial agriculture in protected parts of the Amazon.
The rise in destruction also follows Government promises to end illegal deforestation two years ahead of schedule, by 2028, a goal that would require aggressive annual cuts in logging.
