Amazon Deforestation Falls to 47-Year Low as Brazil's Real-Time Satellite Enforcement System Issues 14,000 Fines in Eighteen Months

Brazil's INPE satellite monitoring network, upgraded in 2023 with AI-assisted change detection capable of identifying clearings as small as 0.5 hectares within 48 hours of occurrence, has driven a 74 percent reduction in Amazon deforestation rates — the lowest level recorded since comparable measurement began in 1977.