Legal Amazon land area share 2021, by type of coverage

Published by Bruna Alves, Jun 25, 2024
As of 2021, forest coverage accounted for nearly two thirds of the Legal Amazon land area in Brazil. Non-forest native vegetation extended through nearly 20 percent of the region's area, while deforested areas amounted to 16 percent. In the past 30 years, the Legal Amazon deforested area was mostly concentrated in the states of Pará and Mato Grosso.

Distribution of the Legal Amazon land area as of 2021, by soil coverage

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Statistic: Distribution of the Legal Amazon land area as of 2021, by soil coverage

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Release date

August 2022

Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

The 'Legal Amazon' is an area of more than five million square kilometers, which comprises the Brazilian states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins.

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