On June 12, 2020, the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) announced that the increase in deforestation of Amazon forests has been the highest in 2019 as compared to last 5 years.
Highlights
- The research institute has found that the deforestation has increased by 91 square kilo metre in 2019 as compared to 2018.
- In 2019, around 829 square kilo metres of forest has been deforested.
Key Findings
- The research institute also noted the witness of Brazilian Government on deforestation.
- According to Brazilian Government, amazon rainforest faced deforestation record of 829 square kilometre in May, 2020.
- This is the highest monthly level deforestation since 2015.
- Also, the Real Time Deforestation Detection System has alerted the authorities about the increase in rate of destruction of tropical rainforest in the region.
- If the deforestation pace continues, in 2020, the deforestation could reach 11,900 square kilometres.
Why the increase?
- Deforestation in the region has increased after President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 according to conservation groups and environmental activists.
- According to Bolsonaro, mining and farming in the protected areas of Amazon forest were the only ways to lift the region out of poverty.
- His environmental policies have been widely condemned all over the world.
- Also, the destruction of the forest by illegal ranchers and loggers increased by 55% between January 2020 and April 2020.
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