Deforestation of the rain forest has increased 9% in 2013

The rate of deforestation of the Rainforest, a tropical forest biome that every Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, returned to rise in 2013, standing now at 9%. As well, and between 201 and 2013, were lost 23,948 hectares, i.e. 239 square kilometres in 17 Brazilian States of the Atlantic forest. The previous year, this figure stood at 21,977 hectares.

According to the new edition of Atlas of Atlantic forest remnants, there are now 12.5 percent of the 1.3 million square kilometres of the original Woods, which began to be deforested from Portuguese colonization and, above all, in the 20th century. Everything that has already been lost, explains the atlas, is equivalent to 12 area cities of São Paulo, Brazil.

Since the early 2000 that the rate of deforestation had been going down. On the one hand, and the States of Sao Paulo and Rio already have little to withdraw; on the other hand, increased supervision and entered into force the law of Mata Atlântica, which increased the protection on the biome.

In the last three years, however, the indexes began to rise. In the period from 2011 to 2012 had already been an increase of 29% over the period to 2010 and 2011. "After the drastic reduction, we thought there would be no more increases. It's not what's happening and we are worried, "said Marcia Hirota, Executive Director of SOS Mata Atlântica.

Photo: Glauco Umbelino/Creative Commons

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