Deforestation in Amazon in Brazil has risen to 15 years | Weather Problems

The findings of the Brazilian Meteorological Agency’s findings at the COP26 climate summit have been promised to end deforestation by 2028.

Cutting down trees in The Amazon rain forest in Brazil has risen by 22 percent in one year to its highest level since 2006, according to an annual government report, thwarting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assertion that the country is prohibiting illegal logging.

The Brazilian Meteorological Agency (INPE) said on Thursday that the country had recorded 13,235sq km (5,110 square miles) of deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest in its PRODES satellite data – about 17 times the size of New York City .

Most deforestation takes place from August 2020 to July 2021.

Dangerous damage comes even though Bolsonaro has tried to show that his government is committed to protecting Amazon, which is known to be the most difficult defense against climate change.

The former right-wing commander still demands more land and commercial agriculture in forest reserves.

At the United Nations summit in Glasgow this month, COP26, The Brazilian government made a promise eliminating illegal logging by 2028, a target that would require a significant annual reduction in damage.

The INPE report, dated October 27, highlighted growing tree prices in the last four lines – the first in a series of results since 2000.

“Note the date on the INPE page. The government went to COP26 to find out what was destroying the forests and to hide them,” the Brazilian Climate Observatory wrote on Twitter.

In preparation for the conference, the Bolsonaro government released monthly announcements showing a slight decrease in annual levels as evidence of deforestation. The last highly refined data instead showed a dangerous picture.

“These statistics are still difficult for us and we need to be more proactive in addressing these issues,” Environment Minister Joaquim Pereira Leite said at a press conference Thursday.

He told reporters that the incident did not reflect the recent strengthening efforts in the fight against deforestation, while acknowledging the need for the government to be strong in the fight against corruption.

Mauricio Voivodic, head of Brazil’s WWF environmental group, said the figures revealed “the real Brazil that Bolsonaro government is trying to hide from imaginary and burning green issues abroad”.

“What the facts show,” he said, “is that the Bolsonaro government has magnified the destruction of the Amazon.”