Data shows a 66% drop in deforestation rates in July 2023 compared to the same month last year.
By Vanessa Buschschlüter in London & Katy Watson in São PauloThe rate of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon has dropped to its lowest in six years, space agency data suggests.
The drop is a welcome boost for the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who pledged to end deforestation by 2030 when he took office in January.The far-right leader promoted mining in indigenous lands in the Amazon and forest clearances soared at the same time as resources to protect the forest were cut.
Inpe said that the area of forest cut down in the first seven months of 2023 was smaller than that razed in the same period in 2022. On Wednesday, Lula told the BBC that the meeting next week was something the whole world should watch.
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