SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell in July to its lowest level since 2017, preliminary government figures showed on Thursday, boosting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s stature on environmental policy ahead of a summit of rainforest nations.
Satellite data from Brazilian space research agency INPE indicated that 500 square km (193 square miles) of rainforest were cleared in the month, a 66% drop from the same period a year ago.
(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo and Lisandra Paraguassu; Editing by Steven Grattan)
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