{"id":4048,"date":"2026-07-12T05:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2026-07-12T05:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:06:21","slug":"amazon-rainforest-deforestation-hits-lowest-level-in-more-than-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4048","title":{"rendered":"Amazon rainforest deforestation hits lowest level in more than a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Deforestation in parts of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil declined to its lowest levels in more than a decade, a good sign for what scientists call one of the world\u2019s most important climate regulators. File Photo by Antonio Lacerda\/EPA<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 11 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Deforestation of Brazil&#8217;s Amazon rainforest has fallen to its lowest levels in more than a decade, officials said this week.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite surveys show a 37% decrease in the number of trees felled in the world&#8217;s largest rainforest in the past year compared to the previous one, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/inpe\/pt-br\/assuntos\/ultimas-noticias\/dados-do-deter-referentes-a-junho-de-2026-estao-disponiveis-na-plataforma-terra-brasilis\" target=\"_blank\">National Space Research Institute<\/a> (INPE).\n<\/p>\n<p>This is the lowest level of Amazon deforestation since 2014, data published on Friday shows.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a solid result, stemming from government actions to protect the forest and combat environmental crime,&#8221; said executive secretary M\u00e1rcio Astrini, of the Brazilian environmental collective Observat\u00f3rio do Clima.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The figures are excellent and deserve to be celebrated,&#8221; Astrini told <a href=\"https:\/\/g1.globo.com\/meio-ambiente\/noticia\/2026\/07\/10\/amazonia-tem-menor-nivel-de-alertas-de-desmatamento-para-o-1o-semestre-em-uma-decada.ghtml\" target=\"_blank\">G1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon rainforest is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2025\/07\/15\/brazil-amazon-rainforest-deforestation\/2301752594266\/\" target=\"_blank\">world&#8217;s most important climate regulators<\/a>, scientists and experts have said.<\/p>\n<p>Deforestation of the Amazon in Brazil reached a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2021\/12\/mongabays-top-amazon-stories-from-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\">15-year high in 2021<\/a> under former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Jair-Bolsonaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Jair Bolsonaro\" class=\"tpstyle\">Jair Bolsonaro<\/a>, whose government cut environmental protections and enforcement of conservation laws.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil&#8217;s current president, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, has vowed to eradicate illegal deforestation by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a commitment &#8212; otherwise, I will have failed,&#8221; Lula <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnbrasil.com.br\/politica\/lula-afirma-que-fracassara-se-nao-atingir-desmatamento-zero-ate-2030\/\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters during an event<\/a> in Bel\u00e9m do Par\u00e1, a city known as the metropolis of the Amazon.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"slide-image-container\" onclick=\"st_ss_sh754();\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/collection\/ph\/upi\/16709\/0899562b99ebc73d5ca302800bbeff3b\/This-week-in-Washington_1_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"645\" height=\"431\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stph_caption\">Olympic canoeist David Hearn departs the Moultrie Courthouse after pleading not guilty to damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday. 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