Amazon region fell to its lowest in 23 years
in the year through July, the government
said Monday, attributing the drop to its
tougher stance against illegal logging.
Destruction of the Brazilian portion of the
world's largest rain forest dropped 11
percent to 6,238 square km (2,400 square
miles) over the 12-month period, satellite
data from Brazil's National Institute for
Space Research showed.
That is less than a quarter of the forest area
that was destroyed in 2004, when clear-
cutting by farmers expanding their cattle
and soy operations reached a recent peak.
Brazil has stepped up its monitoring and
enforcement policies in the Amazon in
recent years but the improvement has partly
been driven by slower global economic
growth that has reduced demand and
prices for the country's farm produce.
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