Brazil’s Amazon deforestation again hits record high for February, data shows

Deforestation in Brazil’s portion of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record high in February, new data has shown, as authorities work to end years of widespread devastation.

Satellite monitoring detected 322sq km (124sq miles) of forest cover destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon last month, an increase of 62 percent from the previous record in February 2022, according to data from the national space agency released on Friday.

Media outlasts quoted the head of World Wildlife Fund as saying that, “Reducing deforestation will only happen when there is a consistent strengthening of the institutions responsible for policing it”.