{"id":150745,"date":"2019-12-30T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=150745"},"modified":"2019-12-29T07:57:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T07:57:00","slug":"brazil-amazon-deforestation-climbs-more-than-100-in-november-over-same-month-last-year-government-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/12\/brazil-amazon-deforestation-climbs-more-than-100-in-november-over-same-month-last-year-government-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil Amazon Deforestation Climbs more than 100% in November over Same Month Last Year – Government Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

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13 Dec 2019 <\/em>– Deforestation in Brazil\u2019s Amazon jumped to the highest level for the month of November since record-keeping began in 2015, according to preliminary government data published today.<\/p>\n

Destruction of the world\u2019s largest tropical rainforest totalled 563 square km (217.38 square miles) in November, 103% more than in the same month last year, according to the country\u2019s space research agency INPE.<\/p>\n

That would bring total deforestation for the period from January to November to 8,934 square km, 83% more than in the same period in 2018 and an area almost the size of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

The data released by INPE was collected through the DETER database, a system that publishes alerts on fires and other types of developments affecting the rainforest.<\/p>\n

The DETER numbers are not considered official deforestation data. That comes from a different system called PRODES, also managed by INPE.<\/p>\n

PRODES numbers released last month showed deforestation rose to its highest in over a decade this year, jumping 30% from 2018 to 9,762 square km.<\/p>\n

Deforestation usually slows around November and December during the Amazon region\u2019s rainy season. The number for last month was unusually high.<\/p>\n

Researchers and environmentalists blame right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro for emboldening ranchers and loggers by calling for the Amazon to be developed and for weakening the environmental agency Ibama.<\/p>\n

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FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019. REUTERS\/Bruno Kelly<\/p><\/div>\n

Bolsonaro and Environment Minister Ricardo Salles have said previous governments played a role in deforestation\u2019s increase, saying policies including budget cuts at agencies like Ibama were in place well before the new government took office on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n

Brazil\u2019s Environment Ministry had no immediate comment on Friday on the DETER data for November.<\/p>\n

Editing by Tom Brown<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 uk.reuters.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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