Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell last year to its lowest level since 2017, according to a report published on May 27 by Brazil’s Deforestation Alert System (SAD).
In the 2025-2026 monitoring period, forest loss dropped by 36 percent compared to the previous year — the second-largest annual decline in over a decade, and the smallest area recorded in the last eight years.
Despite this improvement, deforestation due to expanding agriculture, wildfires, logging, and mining in the Amazon continues at a rapid pace, with an estimated five trees still being lost every second in the world’s largest rainforest.
The Amazon rainforest absorbs more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, playing a crucial role in offsetting the effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
