page_title: Deforestation in Brazil
hierarchical_section_title: Deforestation in Brazil
caption_attribution_description: English: Settlement and deforestation surrounding the Brazilian town of Rio Branco are seen here in the striking "herring bone" deforestation patterns that cut through the rainforest. Polski: Wylesianie strefy Rio Branco w Brazylii widziane z satelity.Deutsch: Entwaldungen bei Rio Branko im brasilianischen Bundesstaat Acre.10°6′31″S 67°33′9″W&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;10.10861°S 67.5525°W
context_page_description: Brazil once had the highest deforestation rate in the world and in 2005 still had the largest area of forest removed annually. Since 1970, over 700,000 square kilometres of the Amazon rainforest have been destroyed. In 2012, the Amazon was approximately 5,400,000 square kilometres, which is only 87% of the Amazon's original size.
  Rainforests have decreased in size primarily due to deforestation. Despite reductions in the deforestation rate over the last ten years, the Amazon rainforest will be reduced by 40% by 2030 at the current rate. Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometres of forest, an area larger than Greece. According to the Living Planet Report 2010, deforestation continues at an alarming rate. At the Convention on Biological Diversity's 9th Conference, 67 ministers signed up to help achieve zero net deforestation by 2020.
context_section_description: Brazil once had the highest deforestation rate in the world and in 2005 still had the largest area of forest removed annually. Since 1970, over 700,000 square kilometres (270,000 sq mi) of the Amazon rainforest have been destroyed.  In 2012, the Amazon was approximately 5,400,000 square kilometres (2,100,000 sq mi), which is only 87% of the Amazon's original size.
  Rainforests have decreased in size primarily due to deforestation. Despite reductions in the deforestation rate over the last ten years, the Amazon rainforest will be reduced by 40% by 2030 at the current rate. Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometres (58,000 sq mi) of forest, an area larger than Greece. According to the Living Planet Report 2010, deforestation continues at an alarming rate. At the Convention on Biological Diversity's 9th Conference, 67 ministers signed up to help achieve zero net deforestation by 2020.
caption: A NASA satellite observation of deforestation near Rio Branco in Brazil, July 2000
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