Tag: INPE

Friday, July 7th 2023 - 10:38 UTC
Amazon deforestation drops 33.6% in first semester of 2023

Brazil's Real-Time Deforestation Detection System (Deter), of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), reported Thursday that deforestation in the Amazon in the first semester of 2023 had decreased by 33.6 % year on year and 41 % in the last 12 months.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits record highs

Brazil's Amazon lost 903.8 square kilometers of forest during the month of October of 2022, which is tantamount to 3% more than in the same period last year, the National Institute of Special Research (INPE) reported during the weekend.
Monday, August 9th 2021 - 08:19 UTC
Deforestation of Amazonia takes turn for the worse despite Brazilian President's promises

Brazil's National Institute Institute for Space Research (Inpe) has released over this past weekend updated data regarding the deforestation of Amazonia between August 2020 and July 2021.
Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:31 UTC
Investment funds managing US$ 4 trillion call on Brazil to halt deforestation

Investment funds managing close to US$4 trillion in assets called on Brazil on Tuesday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions pose a “systemic risk” to their portfolios.
Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
Record twelve month deforestation in Brazil's Amazon: area equivalent to Lebanon

Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019, revised government data showed, during the first year of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is keen to develop the forest crucial to curbing global warming.
Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 05:34 UTC
Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation of more than 10,000 square kilometers in one year

The Brazilian Amazon has never lost so many square kilometers in eleven years. Between August 2018 and July 2019, 10,129 square kilometers of jungle were lost, according to the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe).
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
A Brazilian industry COVID-19 hasn't stopped: deforestation in the Amazon

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose in March, government data showed on Friday, indicating that illegal loggers and land speculators have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the coronavirus outbreak.
Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 08:00 UTC
Record deforestation in the Amazon rainforest confirms official Brazilian data

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:01 UTC
Wildfires ranging across Brazil's Pantanal wetlands

Wildfires are raging across the Pantanal tropical wetlands in southern Brazil, one of the most biodiversity areas in the world and a major tourist destination, regional authorities said on Thursday.
Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:47 UTC
Polls bash Bolsonaro: 38% say the president is doing “a bad or terrible job”

Brazilians saying that President Jair Bolsonaro is doing a “bad or terrible” job rose to 38% from 33% previously, in the first major poll since the government faced global outcry over its handling of record fires in the Amazon rainforest.