Deforestation in the Amazon region turned up in 2013, but the area devastated is the second smallest of the last 20 years, behind only the area of 2012, according to the INPE (The Brazilian Institute for Space Research), as stated in Warsaw the Environment Minister, Izabella Teixeira, on Thursday (14/11).
In 2013 5,843 square kilometers of forest were devastated, a high of 28% in relation to 4,571 square kilometers in the previous year. In 2011 an area of 6,418 square kilometers was devastated. The worst year was 2004, when 27,000 square kilometers of forest were lost.
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According to the Minister, soy monocultures in Pará and Mato Grosso statee would be a key factor for the increase. In the two States, the deforestation climbed 37% and 52%, respectively.
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