Nearly all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the past year was illegal, a new report finds.
Between August 2023 and July 2024, 91% of forest clearing in the Amazon lacked authorization, according to an analysis by the NGO Center of Life Institute (ICV). In the Cerrado, an expanding agricultural frontier and the world’s most biodiverse tropical savanna that covers a quarter of Brazil, the figure for unauthorized clearing was 51%.
By Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/91-of-brazilian-amazon-deforestation-last-year-was-illegal-report-finds/