DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON TENDS TO DECREASE, BUT...

The Amazonian Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG) reveals in a recent publication that the loss of original forest cover of the Amazon rainforest decelerated between 2000 and 2013 relative to the 1970-2000 period. Despite this deceleration, figures remain high within the entire region for the three periods analyzed (200-2005-2010-2013). The study estimates that 222,248 km 2 were deforested in the region between 2000 y 2013, an expanse equivalent to the territory of the United Kingdom.

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