Forest degradation is undermining progress on deforestation in the Amazon

Mataveli, Guilherme, Maure, Lucas Andrigo, Sanchez, Alber, Dutra, Débora Joana, de Oliveira, Gabriel, Jones, Matthew W., Amaral, Cibele, Artaxo, Paulo and Aragão, Luiz E. O. C. (2025) Forest degradation is undermining progress on deforestation in the Amazon. Global Change Biology, 31 (4). ISSN 1354-1013

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Abstract

The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Belém, provides a unique opportunity for Brazil to affirm its commitment to protecting Amazon forests and to showcase leadership in aligning ambitious climate action with global conservation goals. Encouraging progress has been made in controlling deforestation in the Amazon (Figure 1a–d). The 2024 preliminary Brazilian Amazon official deforestation increment estimate was 5816 km2, 27.5% below 2023 and a staggering 54.2% below 2022 (INPE 2025). This is the lowest annual deforestation increment in a decade and 26.4% below the average of the 2008–2024 period (INPE 2025). Such achievement is closely tied to the restoration of command and control in the Amazon, highlighted by the reinstatement of the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm) (MMA 2023). Nevertheless, deforestation is not the only threat facing Amazon's forests.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	amazon,climate change,deforestation,environmental policy,forest degradation,tropical forests,wildfire,global and planetary change,environmental chemistry,ecology,environmental science(all),sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2306
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2025 13:33
Last Modified:	15 Jul 2025 13:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99936
DOI:	10.1111/gcb.70209

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