Deforestation declines in the Amazon rainforest
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Destruction of primary forests across the Amazon basin has declined significantly since the 2000s, finds research published Monday by a group of Latin American social and environmental organizations known as The Amazonian Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG).
The study, released as a report with a detailed map of deforestation, indicates that deforestation between 2010 and 2013 fell sharply both inside and outside the Brazilian Amazon. The findings are significant because they are the first to document change in primary forest in the Amazon outside of Brazil.
The decline in Brazil’s deforestation has been widely reported due to the country’s advanced monitoring system. Less well-known is the trend in non-Brazilian countries.