REPORT SHOWS HOW DESTRUCTION OF THE CERRADO IS OVERSHADOWED BY AMAZON 'PRIORITY'

Description: A report by BBC Brazil, written by Julia Braun, highlights that the Cerrado, even before reaching mid-year, has already set a new deforestation record. Both in May and in the annual accumulated total, deforestation reached unprecedented levels, according to the historical series that began in 2019.

We haven't reached mid-year yet, but the Cerrado has already hit a new deforestation record, both in May and in the annual accumulated total of the historical series, which began in 2019.

This is how the BBC Brazil report, written by Julia Braun, begins, about "How the destruction of the Cerrado is overshadowed by the 'priority' given to the Amazon".

According to data from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), between January and May of this year, more than 3,320 km² of the Cerrado were deforested. This represents a 27% increase compared to the same period in 2022.

In contrast to the Cerrado breaking destruction records in the first five months of 2023, deforestation in the Legal Amazon decreased by 31% compared to the same period last year.

The reporter explains in the article why the biome is considered the most threatened in Brazil - and perhaps in the world.

Written by Juliana Gomes