Brazilian Amazon lost some 16,557 square kilometres of indigenous vegetation last year, an area bigger than Northern Ireland, according to a satellite data-based report
Environmentalists accuse President Jair Bolsonaro of actively encouraging deforestation for economic gain.
The Mapbiomas report released on Monday said the country lost some 16,557 square kilometres of indigenous vegetation in 2021, an area bigger than Northern Ireland.Nearly 60 percent of land deforested in 2021 was in the Amazon, the world's largest tropical rainforest, the report said. Clearing land for farming was the main driver, accounting for almost 97 percent, it said, with illegal mining also a major factor.Encouraging deforestation
Data from the National Institute of Space Research show that between January and June 2022, the Brazilian Amazon lost 3,988 square kilometres to deforestation.
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