The Amazon’s forest removal decreased by 5 % of August 2024 to April 2025, according to the data of the National Space Research (INPE), issued on Thursday (08). There was 2542 square kilometers, the best result since 2016.
Despite the reduction, April of this year recorded the peak: the forest area was 55 % in the month in April 2024, which lit a government warning mark.
The Ministry of Environment ranked peak as non -stereotypes and stated that the month’s behavior is under analysis. To avoid a possible reflection of the fall of the fall, the government took the issue of the committee between roles on preventing and controlling forests, focusing on enhancing inspection and prevention procedures.
According to the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Joao Paulo Capobianco, the peak recorded last month may indicate a possible reflection of the successive fall of forests if it is not controlled in the coming months.
“This is what mobilized a meeting for all the relevant ministries to control the plan (a procedure to prevent the removal of forests),” he said.
Environment Minister Marina Silva said early recognition of an increase in the removal of forests in April was important to start preventive measures.
“The removal of forests is still decreasing, you have peak in April, but it is still falling. But specifically because we define this peak, we take preventive measures, which is the logic where we work,” he said.
Data are similar to Cerrado Biome. Forest removal decreased in the cycle, with a 25 % decrease. But as in the Amazon, April fled the direction: there was an increase of 26 % during the same month last year.
In Pantanal, the data was decreased, with a decrease of 75 % in the cycle and 77 % in April, as well as zero fire numbers.
Fires
Despite the decrease in the removal of the forests, there was a discharge in the Amazon forest fires. The burning area moved from 16 thousand square kilometers in the 2023/2024 session to 44 thousand square kilometers in the current.
According to the technicians, the increase is due to the severe drought, high temperatures and the previous deterioration of the plants seen in 2024, which generated an atypical and expressive increase in the outbreaks of fires.
“Everyone followed what was the fire season last year, it was very strong because if there was a very dry year, very high temperatures and several periods of the forest that was already deteriorating. In such a situation, he said anything spread in a forest and it became very difficult to control. Mida.
