BRAZIL GUIDE

The Amazon and Deforestation in Brazil: What to Know

A guide to the Amazon, deforestation data, environmental enforcement, climate policy and the international consequences of changes in forest loss.

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WHAT THIS GUIDE DOES

Brazil Scope tracks both new environmental data and the institutional decisions behind it. This guide keeps those developments connected to the longer timeline.

Key concepts to watch

How deforestation and enforcement are reported

Why the Amazon matters to climate, trade and investment debates

Where current data and historical coverage fit together

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Environment

Brazil’s Legal Amazon records 12.07% annual decline in deforestation

Brazil’s national space research institute recorded 5,731 square kilometers of PRODES-measured deforestation in the Legal Amazon in the year through July 2025, down 12.07% from the previous annual period.