BRASILIA: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the first quarter of 2023 was one of the worst on record, according to official figures released on Friday .
Satellite images from the INPE national space investigations institute showed 356 square kilometers of forest had been destroyed in March in the Brazilian Amazon. In the first quarter of 2023, Amazon deforestation was the second highest on record for that period with 844 square kilometers destroyed.After four years of Bolsonaro's government, which removed various environmental protections, it could take time to improve deforestation figures, Mariana Napolitano, the conservation manager for the World Wide Fund for Nature in Brazil, told AFP.
"Even though the current government has shown its intention to seriously fight deforestation, it will take time to change the scenario," added Napolitano.