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INPE's director is dismissed after defending the deforestation data

The head of Brazil's space research institute is removed from office following a public dispute with the federal government over DETER figures showing rising clearance. The episode is the clearest demonstration of why an openly published, methodologically fixed satellite record is a political institution as well as a scientific one - and of what it costs to maintain.

Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.

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Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.

Recorded on INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)

  1. INPE begins the annual PRODES deforestation series
  2. Clearance reaches the highest annual figure in the record
  3. PPCDAm launched and DETER alerts begin
  4. INPE's director is dismissed after defending the deforestation data
  5. Clearance falls to its lowest level in roughly a decade

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