Brazil's Amazon sees sharp decline in size of area burned in 2025
The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest was the smallest since MapBiomas records began in 1985.
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"The 2025 figures are significant and show that it is possible to reduce the burned area in the country."
— Vera Arruda , Academic
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Jair Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and retired army captain who served as the President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, is a Brazilian politician and former union leader who served as the President of Brazil.
Researcher at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute and co-ordinator at MapBiomas.
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The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest was the smallest since MapBiomas records began in 1985.
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