MAAP synthesis: 2019 Amazon deforestation trends and hotspots

According to recent analysis by the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), “In the Bolivian Amazon, deforestation decreased in 2018 to 58,000 hectares (143,000 acres) after a peak in 2016 of 122,000 hectares (302,000 acres). However, with the recent widespread forest fires, deforestation increased again in 2019, to 135,400 hectares (334,465 acres).”

An initiative of Amazon Conservation, MAPP “specializes in satellite-based, real-time deforestation monitoring of the Amazon.”

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