The Amazon biome has been loosing ever more of its natural vegetation due to livestock farming. In 2020, deforestation for livestock use reached a peak of *** million hectares. This represents nearly a three-fold increase in the period reported. Meanwhile, the area planted with crops in the Legal Amazon has nearly tripled in the same period.
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Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia. (March 9, 2022). Deforested area for livestock development in the Amazon biome in Brazil from 2016 to 2020 (in million hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331467/deforestation-due-to-livestock-development-in-the-amazon/
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia. "Deforested area for livestock development in the Amazon biome in Brazil from 2016 to 2020 (in million hectares)." Chart. March 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331467/deforestation-due-to-livestock-development-in-the-amazon/
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia. (2022). Deforested area for livestock development in the Amazon biome in Brazil from 2016 to 2020 (in million hectares). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331467/deforestation-due-to-livestock-development-in-the-amazon/
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia. "Deforested Area for Livestock Development in The Amazon Biome in Brazil from 2016 to 2020 (in Million Hectares)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331467/deforestation-due-to-livestock-development-in-the-amazon/
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, Deforested area for livestock development in the Amazon biome in Brazil from 2016 to 2020 (in million hectares) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331467/deforestation-due-to-livestock-development-in-the-amazon/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Deforested area for livestock development in the Amazon biome in Brazil from 2016 to 2020 (in million hectares) [Graph], Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, March 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331467/deforestation-due-to-livestock-development-in-the-amazon/
