Between April and July 2012, 650.3 km² of clearing or degradation has been warned by Deter, a system based on satellites of Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais – Inpe) aimed at monitoring Amazon rainforest.
Of this total, 232.6 km² were recorded in April, 97.5 km² in May, 107.5 km² in June and 212.7 km² in July. The chart below shows these values (in km²) by Amazonia States:
Due to cloud cover variation between two months, also to satellite resolution, Inpe does not recommend to compare data from different months or years obtained by Deter.
Check out the full reports on Deter website.
Source: INPE