Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record

Recently released figures of Brazilian deforestation for the period between August 1, 2006 and July 30, 2007 indicate the lowest rates of loss of Amazonian forest on record.

Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research claims that there was a 28.7% drop in deforestation from the year before.

Analysts say the drop in deforestation rate is due to economic trends, mainly lower prices for grains and beef, while the Brazilian government credits its own aggressive law enforcement efforts for cracking down on illegal forest clearing.

Despite the large drop in deforestation rates, most experts urge more drastic and immediate action to preserve the forest.

When we put all this together we come up with a very bleak outlook for the Amazon rainforest. I don’t have the final numbers, we’re running these right now, but it’s not out of the question to think that half of the basin will be either cleared or severely impoverished just 20 years from now.

Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon for the previous year were the lowest on record, according to preliminary figures released by INPE, Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research.

Between August 1, 2006 and July 30, 2007, some 3,863 square miles (10,010 square kilometers) of rainforest were cleared, a 28.7 percent drop from 2006 when 5,419 sq ml (14,040 sq km) were lost (2006 figures recently revised from 13,100 sq km). Deforestation rates have fallen sharply — 63.5 percent — since 2004 when 10,590 sq mi (27,429 sq km) were destroyed.

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