INPE Has PRODES 2011 Consolidated Data
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reader!
It
follows a note published on the day (06/05) in the website of the National
Institute for Space Research (INPE) informing that the INPE has PRODES 2011 Consolidated Data.
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INPE Has PRODES 2011 Consolidated Data
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
The Brazil’s
National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais - INPE) has completed the mapping and calculating of Amazon
deforestation rate from August 2010 to July 2011, under the Amazon
Deforestation Monitoring Project (Projeto de Monitoramento do Desflorestamento
na Amazônia Legal – PRODES). The final result, obtained through analysis of 213
Landsat 5/TM images, has computed 6.418 km2.
This number is
the lowest Amazon deforestation rate recorded since INPE started measuring it
in 1988. PRODES recognize as deforestation areas larger than 6.25 ha that have
been cleared.
The rate of
deforestation consolidated by PRODES 2011 indicates a plunge of 8% over the
previous period – PRODES 2010, which were measured 7.000 km2 of deforestation.
The
consolidated rate is 3% higher than the estimated in December 2011, which was
6.238 km2, based on 97 Landsat images of the areas where there were recorded
more than 90% of deforestation in the previous period (August/2009 to
July/2010).
The chart
below shows the deforestation rate in each state of Amazonia:
This outcome
confirms the downward trend in the rate of Amazon deforestation that has been
observed since 2005, when the PPCDAm activities were initiated, as shown in the
graphs below:
(a)
Average between 1977 and 1988 and (b) Average between 1993 and 1994
(a)
Average between 1977 and 1988 and (b) Average between 1993 and 1994
Check
deforestation data since 1988:
More
information on www.obt.inpe.br/prodes
Source:
Website of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
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