
Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has consolidated 2024 data for all Brazilian biomes. Analysis of the images from previously released alerts confirmed a reduction in the loss of natural vegetation in most monitored biomes compared to 2023.


The figures a shrinkage in deforestation from 2023 to 2024 in the following biomes:
- Amazon – 28.09%;
- Non-forest area in the Amazon – 5.27%;
- Cerrado – 25.76%;
- Atlantic forest – 37.89%; and
- Pampa – 20.08%.
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The caatinga and the pantanal were the only ones with a higher suppression of native vegetation. The rates were 9.93 percent for the caatinga and 16.5 percent for the pantanal.
According to a technical note from the institute, only the removal of native vegetation cover is seen as suppression, regardless of the characteristics of the vegetation and the future use of the area. The analysis is based on satellite images of areas with suppression – which are automatically identified and classified using vegetation indices, then subjected to visual interpretation.
Silvana Amaral, deputy coordinator of the institute’s program for Brazilian biomes, notes that the decline in deforestation in most biomes from 2023 to 2024 confirms the effectiveness and role of command and control public policies, as well as regulatory tools such as agreements and terms of conduct signed between society and the agricultural trade and export sectors.
The consolidation of data serves to gauge medium- and long-term trends in deforestation in Brazil, complementing preliminary results. It provides support for the development and implementation of public environmental policies.