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Brazil Reports Drop in Amazon Deforestation Despite Record Fires

A fire burns in the Amazon near Ourilandia do Norte, Para state, Brazil, in 2021.
Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg

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By Fabiano Maisonnave

October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM UTC

Corrected

November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM UTC

With less than two weeks to go before it hosts the COP30 global climate summit, Brazil announced Thursday that forest loss in the Amazon fell by 11.1% compared with the previous year, despite the rainforest experiencing record wildfires.

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