Annual deforestation in Brazil fell below 2m hectares for seven years to 2016

Pasture

Crops (including soya)

Small-scale forest clearing

Others

Tree cover loss (all drivers)

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2

1

0

02

04

06

08

10

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16

2018

Pasture

Crops (including soya)

Small-scale forest clearing

Others

Tree cover loss (all drivers)

4

3

2

1

0

2001

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

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2018

Guardian graphic. Source: For 2001-13, Tyukavina, A., Hansen, M. C., Potapov, P. V., Stehman, S. V., Smith-Rodriguez, K., Okpa, C., & Aguilar, R. (2017). Types and rates of forest disturbance in Brazilian Legal Amazon, 2000–2013, Science Advances, 3(4), e1601047; For 2014-18 data, Hansen, M. C., Potapov, P. V., Moore, R., Hancher, M., Turubanova, S. A., Tyukavina, A. et al. (2013). Tree Cover Loss (Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/Nasa). Global Forest Watch database.