Data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), released on December 1st 2011, recorded 134.9 km2 of deforested area in the Amazon during November and December 2010. The data is from the Real Time Deforestation Detection System (DETER), which monitors the biome by satellite.
Comparing full-year 2010 to 2009, the system recorded a 23.7% drop in deforestation. Between January and December 2009, deforestation reached an area of 3,102.9 km2. During the same period of 2010, it was reduced by 2,366 km2.
The Ministry of the Environment and IBAMA reaffirm that every effort will be made to meet the goals of reducing deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest.
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