Deforestation down 21.9% inAmazon, 9.2% inpantanal inoneyear

New data from satellite monitoring project Prodes show a 21.8 percent drop in deforestation in the Amazon, 19.5 percent in the biome's non-forest area, and 9.2 percent in the pantanal. The figures compare August 2022 through July 2023 with the twelve months prior.