Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell to its lowest level in six years in 2025, according to new satellite monitoring data, marking a significant nationwide slowdown in forest loss across all major biomes, reports
Brasil 247, a TV BRICS partner.
The latest report from the monitoring network shows that Brazil recorded a 20.6 per cent reduction in deforestation compared with the previous year. Total forest loss fell below 1 million hectares for the first time since the series began in 2019, reaching approximately 985,000 hectares in 2025.
In the Amazon specifically, deforestation dropped by 23.5 per cent year-on-year. Analysts attribute the overall slowdown to strengthened environmental enforcement, increased monitoring, and greater transparency in land-use authorisations.
According to the technical coordination team, enforcement actions such as fines, embargoes, and real-time monitoring have expanded significantly in recent years, contributing to improved compliance in deforestation hotspots.
Data indicates that 65 per cent of areas identified as deforested in 2025 were subject to some form of enforcement action, compared with 54 per cent in 2024 and just 5 per cent in 2019, the first year of the current monitoring series.