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Annual clearance reaches its lowest recorded level

PRODES records the lowest annual clearance in the series to that date, commonly reported as a figure below 5,000 square kilometres - roughly a fifth of the 2004 level, achieved over eight years without a corresponding fall in agricultural output. The exact value is not asserted here because it could not be checked. In the same year Brazil enacts a substantially revised Forest Code.

Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.

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Evidence

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

Recorded on Amazon Deforestation

  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. The Amazon Soy Moratorium is signed
  5. Annual clearance reaches its lowest recorded level
  6. Clearance reaches its highest level since the mid-2000s
  7. Clearance falls to its lowest level in roughly a decade

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