Data from the Real Time Deforestation Detection System (DETER), from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), reported a fall of 49% in deforestation in June 2010 over the same period in 2009, confirming the downward trend of deforested areas in the Amazon Rainforest. Economic growth and falling deforestation rates indicate that the fight against deforestation has shown the expected results.
Decreasing since 2004, with exception of 2008, deforestation rates should be well below the target of 9,000 Km2 established in the National Plan on Climate Change, presented by the Brazilian government at the Climate Conference in Copenhagen at the end of last year.
The nine states in the Amazon region register a fall in deforestation rates, led by Pará, with the clearing of 160.6 km2, followed by Mato Grosso and Amazonas, with 36.5 km2 and 24.4 km2, respectively. A total of 243.7 km2 were deforested in June 2010 against 578 km2 in 2009/2010. However, despite the reduction of deforestation across the Amazon, some states and municipalities still have alarming rates, for example, Novo Progresso, Pará.
During a press conference to announce the data, held yesterday (August 9) in Brasília, the minister Izabella Teixeira said that by the end of the year, with the results of PRODES (another deforestation detection system from INPE), which measures the accumulated deforestation during the previous twelve months, the government will be able to produce a more accurate diagnosis on the set of factors that lead to deforestation and formulate new approaches to combat deforestation in critical areas.
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