Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2008 (ISSN 1741-4431)

According to recent figures from the Detecção do Desmatamento em Tempo Real (Deter) satellite monitoring system, compiled by the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe), the overall rate of land clearance in June, July and August was down 27% on the same period last year - striking because this is the dry season, when deforestation is traditionally highest. However, the August monthly figure was more than double the one for July, confirming an increase in the total rate of deforestation this year after three years of decline. The new environment minister, Carlos Minc, has taken various actions to try and halt this tendency.

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