Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon

Sq km, 12-month moving average

12 months to May 2023

9,396 sq km

10,000

8,000

12 months to May 2008

7,397 sq km

6,000

4,000

2,000

Bolsonaro

Lula*

Rousseff

Temer

Lula

0

2008

2011

2014

2017

2020

2023

10,000

12 months to May 2008

7,397 sq km

12 months to May 2023

9,396 sq km

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

Lula*

Rousseff

Temer

Bolsonaro

Lula

0

2008

2011

2014

2017

2020

2023

Source: Amazon Monitoring. Alerts averaged from Deter and Sad monitoring systems. Note: data is for Brazil's Legal Amazon, a socio-geographic division containing all nine states in the Amazon basin. Lula first took office on 1 Jan 2003