# Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls sharply after 2023

Date: 2025

Official PRODES/INPE monitoring estimated Brazilian Amazon deforestation at 5,796 km2 for August 2024-July 2025, 11.08% below the consolidated 2024 rate of 6,518 km2 and about 50% below the 2022 rate. This was the third consecutive annual decline since the start of the Lula administration, during which federal deforestation-control policy and enforcement were restored.

## People

- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: https://factrail.ai/people/lula

## Drivers

- Tropical deforestation pressure: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-deforestation-pressure

## Sources

- https://www.gov.br/secom/en/latest-news/2025/10/in-2025-deforestation-fell-by-11-08-percent-in-the-amazon-and-by-11-49-percent-in-the-cerrado

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/env-fact-amazon-deforestation-decline-2023-2025