Deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon - Update for year 2022 and link to soy trade
During year 2022, the JRC-TMF dataset on tropical moist forests reports a 14.9% increase in forest disturbances in the Pan-Amazon region compared to year 2021 (35,480 km2 of new disturbances in 2022 vs. 30,089 km2 in 2021) - disturbances including both deforestation and forest degradation). The Amazon countries show different trends in forest cover change. Forest disturbances in Ecuador, the Guiana Shield countries (Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) and in Bolivia increased significantly in 2022 compared to 2021 (by + 172.9%, 87.6% and 38.5% respectively). While forest disturbances in all moist forests of Brazil stayed roughly on the same level between 2022 and 2021 (1.8% increase), they increased by 9.3% in the Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA). Forest disturbances decreased in Colombia, Venezuela and Peru by 16.2%, 14.9% and 7.0%, respectively.
This report provides also an overview regarding forest disturbances in the Brazilian Amazon for the first seven months in 2023, as reported by the INPE-DETER alert system. This alert system shows decreases of 47.4% and 29.9% between 2022 and 2023 (January-July period) for deforestation and forest degradation (by selective logging and forest fires), respectively. A second, independent deforestation alert system for the Brazilian Amazon, IMAZON-SAD, reports a 63.2% decrease between 2022 and 2023 (period January to July) for deforestation.
BEUCHLE Rene;
BOURGOIN Clement;
CREPIN Léa;
ACHARD Frederic;
MIGLIAVACCA Mirco;
VANCUTSEM Christelle;
2023-12-12
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC134995
978-92-68-10002-8 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31765 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-765-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC134995,
10.2760/211763 (online),
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