# Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Rate Nears Historic Low

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- Bloomberg News, 2026-08-08 08:30 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-07/brazil-s-amazon-deforestation-rate-approaches-a-historic-low?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a76e91669018900011c46d9

> Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon has fallen 37% compared with a year earlier. The decline puts the country on course for what may become its lowest official forest-loss figure since satellite monitoring began nearly four decades ago. The potential record would mark a historic low in the measurements cited.