Brazil’s Amazon deforestation falls 11% in 12 months through July

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell 11.08% in the 12 months through July, compared with the same period a year earlier, government data showed on
Thursday.
The annual report, produced by Brazilian space research agency Inpe, came a few days before the country hosts the United Nations climate summit, known as COP30. It showed that roughly 5,796 square kilometers of the Amazon were destroyed in the period.