{"id":235407,"date":"2023-05-15T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=235407"},"modified":"2023-05-14T06:23:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T05:23:32","slug":"brazil-amazon-rainforest-deforestation-fell-67-9-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/05\/brazil-amazon-rainforest-deforestation-fell-67-9-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil: Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Fell 67.9% in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_235408\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/deforestation-brazil-lula.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235408\" class=\"wp-image-235408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/deforestation-brazil-lula.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/deforestation-brazil-lula.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/deforestation-brazil-lula-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-235408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Lula da Silva has stepped up the crackdown on environmental crime. May. 12, 2023.\u00a0 | Photo: Twitter\/@enviro_matters<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>12 May 2023 &#8211;<em>In April, compared to Last April, 1,026 square kilometers of rainforest were lost in the Amazon region.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"txt_newworld\">\n<p>The Brazilian Institute for Space Studies (INPE) reported today that deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest fell 67.9 percent in April compared to the same month in 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>RELATED:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Brazilian-Police-Take-Action-Against-Far-Right-Coup-Leaders-20230511-0012.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazilian Police Take Action Against Far-Right Coup Leaders<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>April in comparison In April last year, 1 026 square kilometers of rainforest were lost in the Amazon region, however, this year the figure is 329 square kilometers, the institute indicated.<\/p>\n<p>In the first four months of the year, there was a 41 percent drop in the year-on-year comparison of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.<\/p>\n<p>The area deforested in the Brazilian part of the world&#8217;s largest rainforest in the first four months of the year was 1 173 square kilometers, INPE data indicate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tackling the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#ClimateCrisis<\/a> means conserving ecosystems like the Amazon Rainforest from deforestation, agriculture, and biodiversity loss. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConservationOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >@ConservationOrg<\/a> shares 8 facts about the world\u2019s largest tropical forest and why it\u2019s worth protecting. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UoSeeHfP47\" >https:\/\/t.co\/UoSeeHfP47<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; USAID Chief Climate Officer Gillian Caldwell (@CaldwellUSAID) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaldwellUSAID\/status\/1657117230155419681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >May 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>April&#8217;s result is the first month with a reduction in Amazon deforestation in Brazil since President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva took office on January 1, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>President Lula da Silva has stepped up the crackdown on environmental crime, including the use of police force against illegal mining on indigenous lands.<\/p>\n<p>The main states most affected by the devastation of the rainforest are Amazonas (north), Par\u00e1 (north), and Mato Grosso (west).<\/p>\n<p>Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon soared by almost 60% in the four years of Jair Bolsonaro&#8217;s government (2019-2022) compared to the previous four-year term.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brazilian Prosecutor asks to block Jair Bolsonaro&#039;s assets\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xvza1bD39fY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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