Brazil's Amazon deforestation falls to record low of 3,335 sq km
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Brazil reported that Amazon deforestation dropped to 3,335 square kilometres in the 12 months through July, about 42 percent less than the previous year and lower than the prior record low of 4,571 square kilometres set in 2011‑12.
Environment Minister Joao Paulo Capobianco described the decline as an "absolutely stratospheric drop…like a dream," while Marcio Astrini of Observatorio do Clima called the figures a historic achievement; President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the goal is zero illegal deforestation by 2030, and deforestation in the Cerrado savanna fell about 24 percent to 5,517 square kilometres, the lowest since records began in 2001.