Deforestation in Amazon’s protected areas plummets 73%
Deforestation in the protected areas of the Amazon forest fell by 73 percent in 2023 compared to 2022. According to a survey released by the Institute of Man and the Environment of the Amazon (Imazon), devastation in indigenous lands and conservation units in the region reached 386 km² in 2023—the lowest rate since 2013, when 178 km² were deforested.In 2022, Imazon reported, deforestation of protected areas in the region reached 1,431 km², a figure close to levels observed since 2019, when the start of an upward trend continuing until 2022 was noticed.The monitoring was carried out with the help of satellite images from Imazon. The reduction observed in 2023 was said to have “surpassed the overall drop in deforestation,” which was down 62 percent between 2022 (10,573 km²) and 2023 (4,0...