Accumulated gross deforestation in the Amazon Region

(square kilometers)

Pará is the top region by deforestation in the amazon region in Brazil. As of 2011, deforestation in the amazon region in Pará was 260,338 square kilometers that accounts for 34.27% of Brazil's deforestation in the amazon region. The top 5 regions (others are Mato Grosso, Maranhão, Rondônia, and Amazonas) account for 91.95% of it. Brazil's total deforestation in the amazon region was estimated at 759,591 square kilometers in 2011.

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Forest fires