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mar - apr 2019 deforestation report for the xingu basin nº 12 sirad x - near real-time deforestation radar monitoring system 0 75 150 300 450 600 km deforestation 2019 deforestation 2018 accumulated deforestation until december 2017 Xingu river basin Xingu socio-environmental diversity corridor protected areas rivers CRITICAL AREAS RESULTS Approximately 2/3 of the defor- estation detected in March and April occurred in the Mato-Grosso (MT) portion of the basin, mostly in privately owned properties. In Pará (PA), 55% of the defor- estation happened inside Pro- tected Areas: 634 ha occurred in Indigenous Lands (IL) and 3.552 in Conservation Units (CU). 55% In Pará, 55% of deforestation occurred inside Indigenous Lands and Conservation Units. 461% In just one month deforestation inside the CUs of the Xingu Basin increased 461%. N S E W In March, there was a 461% rise in the detected deforestation in CUs, compared to the previous month. Between March and April 3,552 ha were deforested inside the basin´s CUs. Altamira National Forest (FLONA), which is under federal jurisdiction, suffered a 550% rise in April, with 242 hectares of forest loss associated to illegal mining. A possible cause of this rise in defor- estation is the change of the head of the Ministry of the Environment, to which ICMBIO and IBAMA are subordinated. According to a recent study by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, IBAMA, responsible for actions to combat deforestation, reduced the number of field inspec- tions by 35% compared to the period of January to May last year. CONSERVATION UNITS deforested in march 12.311 ha deforested in april ↑ 156% increase over the first two months of the year During the months of March and April there was a considerable increase in the deforestation rates in the Xingu Basin, compared to the first two months of the year, following the same trend from across the Amazon region. During this period, 21.495 hectares of forest loss were regis- tered, which represents an increase of 156% compared to the first two months of the year. 21.495 hectares deforested in March and April in the Xingu Basin. INTRODUCTION MUNICIPALITIES In Pará, Altamira and São Felix do Xingu were the municipalities with the highest deforestation detections. In the state of Mato Grosso, the municipalities that lead the defor- estation ranking are Feliz Natal and União do Sul. Together, these four municipalities represent 45% of all the deforested area in the Xingu Basin during this two-month period. MUNICIPALITIES DEFORESTATION DYNAMICS - XINGU BASIN 1000 2000 3000 3529 901 0 Altamira - PA Feliz Natal - MT São Félix do Xingu - PA União do Sul - MT Paranatinga - MT Canarana - MT Ribeirão Cascalheira - MT Marcelândia - MT Cláudia - MT Gaúcha do Norte - MT deforested area (ha) march april LEGAL AND ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION (HA) DETECTED IN MARCH AND APRIL 2019 INDIGENOUS LANDS The rhythm of deforestation inside Indigenous Lands continued rising in the second bimester of this year. Between March and April, deforestation increased 32% in all ILs in the territory. The IL with the greatest detection was Kayapó, with 330 hectares of forest loss due to illegal mining activities. Without immediate surveillance and field inspec- tions, this situation may get worse as the drought season approaches. INDIGENOUS LANDS 330 19 deforested area (ha) march april IL Kayapó IL Ituna / Itatá IL Apyterewa IL Cachoeira Seca do Iriri IL Trincheira / Bacajá 100 200 300 0 CONSERVATION UNITS 3005 6 APA Triunfo do Xingu REBIO Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo FLONA de Altamira RESEX Verde para Sempre deforested area (ha) march april 3000 2000 1000 0 Illegal Deforestation in Mato Grosso Feliz Natal (MT) was the municipality with the highest deforestation rates in the state, surpassing 2,329 ha in the months of March and April. Of this total, only 757 ha were authorized, which means that 68% of the deforestation in the municipality is ille- gal. This scenario is even more serious in other municipalities in Mato Grosso, where our analysis indicated 100% of illegality in Canarana, Cláudia, Gaúcha do Norte, Peixoto de Azevedo and Querência. In order to obtain this data, deforestation polygons detected by SIRAD X in March and April were overlaid with the geographi- cal data of permits for deforestation, issued by the Secretary of Environment of Mato Grosso (SEMA-MT), which is the official body responsible for issuing such permits. The per- mits were valid for the years of 2001 to 2023. SEMA-MT provides the geographic lay- ers through its monitoring portal, where information can be downloaded in shape- file format and include permits for forest removal, exploitation, use of fire, among others. Hence, deforested areas detected by our monitoring system that did not coincide with any valid authorization were considered illegal. Cases where the deforested area exceeded the limits of the authori- zation by a small percentage were not considered as illegal. In these cases we considered that the dis- placement was due to differences between the GIS layer projections and/or map scale. Also, in this first analysis, deforestation in Perma- nent Preservation Areas, which run alongside the rivers, was not considered illegal when inside properties that were granted deforestation permits. accumulated march / april 9.183 ha mar apr 2018 2019 may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec mar apr jan feb 0 pol. 1.000 pol. 500 pol. 1.500 pol. 2.500 pol. 2.000 pol. 10.000 ha 20.000 ha 30.000 ha 0 ha nº of polygons deforested area in Pará deforested area in Mato Grosso MT 65% PA 35% See the deforestation polygons updated monthly at Xingu Observatory www.xingumais.org.br/observatorios/mapa Sign up to receive the SIRAD X deforestation alerts published each month. Write us an e-mail at [email protected] The SIRAD X Report is published every two months at Xingu+ Network Platform. (www.xingumais.org.br) Latest shapefiles and reports are available at http://bit.ly/SIRADX 1 Senador José Porfírio 2 Altamira 3 São Félix do Xingu 4 Peixoto de Azevedo 5 Marcelândia 6 União do Sul 7 Cláudia 8 Feliz Natal 9 Querência 10 Ribeirão Cascalheira 11 Gaúcha do Norte 12 Canarana 13 Paranatinga legal illegal deforestation (ha) 500 1000 1500 2000 0 Feliz Natal União do Sul Paranatinga Canarana Ribeirão Cascalheira Marcelândia Cláudia Gaúcha do Norte Peixoto de Azevedo Nova Ubiratã Querência 2329 296 IN TOTAL, 78% OF THE DEFORESTATION IN MATO GROSSO WAS ILLEGAL. 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 8 9 11 10 12 13
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deforestation report for the xingu basin nº 12sirad x - near real-time deforestation radar monitoring system
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deforestation 2018
accumulated deforestation until december 2017
Xingu river basin
Xingu socio-environmental diversity corridor
protected areas
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CRITICAL AREAS
RESULTS Approximately 2/3 of the defor-estation detected in March and April occurred in the Mato-Grosso (MT) portion of the basin, mostly in privately owned properties.
In Pará (PA), 55% of the defor-estation happened inside Pro-tected Areas: 634 ha occurred in Indigenous Lands (IL) and 3.552 in Conservation Units (CU).
55%In Pará, 55% of deforestation occurred inside Indigenous Lands and Conservation Units.
461%In just one month deforestation inside the CUs of the Xingu Basin increased 461%.
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In March, there was a 461% rise in the detected deforestation in CUs, compared to the previous month. Between March and April 3,552 ha were deforested inside the basin´s CUs. Altamira National Forest (FLONA), which is under federal jurisdiction, suffered a 550% rise in April, with 242 hectares of forest loss associated to illegal mining.
A possible cause of this rise in defor-estation is the change of the head of the Ministry of the Environment, to which ICMBIO and IBAMA are subordinated. According to a recent study by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, IBAMA, responsible for actions to combat deforestation, reduced the number of field inspec-tions by 35% compared to the period of January to May last year.
CONSERVATION UNITS
deforested in march
12.311 hadeforested in april
↑ 156%increase over the first two months of the year
During the months of March and April there was a considerable increase in the deforestation rates in the Xingu Basin, compared to the first two months of the year, following the same trend from across the Amazon region. During this period, 21.495 hectares of forest loss were regis-tered, which represents an increase of 156% compared to the first two months of the year.
21.495hectares deforested in March and April in the Xingu Basin.
INTRODUCTION
MUNICIPALITIES In Pará, Altamira and São Felix do Xingu were the municipalities with the highest deforestation detections. In the state of Mato Grosso, the municipalities that lead the defor-estation ranking are Feliz Natal and União do Sul. Together, these four municipalities represent 45% of all the deforested area in the Xingu Basin during this two-month period.
MUNICIPALITIES
DEFORESTATION DYNAMICS - XINGU BASIN
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Altamira - PA
Feliz Natal - MT
São Félix do Xingu - PA
União do Sul - MT
Paranatinga - MT
Canarana - MT
Ribeirão Cascalheira - MT
Marcelândia - MT
Cláudia - MT
Gaúcha do Norte - MT
deforested area (ha)
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LEGAL AND ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION (HA) DETECTED IN MARCH AND APRIL 2019
INDIGENOUS LANDS
The rhythm of deforestation inside Indigenous Lands continued rising in the second bimester of this year. Between March and April, deforestation increased 32% in all ILs in the territory. The IL with the greatest detection was Kayapó, with 330 hectares of forest loss due to illegal mining activities. Without immediate surveillance and field inspec-tions, this situation may get worse as the drought season approaches.
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IL Cachoeira Seca do IririIL Trincheira / Bacajá
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RESEX Verde para Sempre
deforested area (ha)
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Illegal Deforestation in Mato Grosso
Feliz Natal (MT) was the municipality with the highest deforestation rates in the state, surpassing 2,329 ha in the months of March and April. Of this total, only 757 ha were authorized, which means that 68% of the deforestation in the municipality is ille-gal. This scenario is even more serious in other municipalities in Mato Grosso, where our analysis indicated 100% of illegality in Canarana, Cláudia, Gaúcha do Norte, Peixoto de Azevedo and Querência.
In order to obtain this data, deforestation polygons detected by SIRAD X in March and April were overlaid with the geographi-cal data of permits for deforestation, issued by the Secretary of Environment of Mato Grosso (SEMA-MT), which is the official body responsible for issuing such permits. The per-mits were valid for the years of 2001 to 2023.
SEMA-MT provides the geographic lay-ers through its monitoring portal, where information can be downloaded in shape-file format and include permits for forest removal, exploitation, use of fire, among others. Hence, deforested areas detected by our monitoring system that did not coincide with any valid authorization were considered illegal.
Cases where the deforested area exceeded the limits of the authori-zation by a small percentage were not considered as illegal. In these cases we considered that the dis-placement was due to differences between the GIS layer projections and/or map scale. Also, in this first analysis, deforestation in Perma-nent Preservation Areas, which run alongside the rivers, was not considered illegal when inside properties that were granted deforestation permits.
accumulated march / april
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nº of polygons deforested area in Pará deforested area in Mato Grosso
MT 65%
PA 35%
See the deforestation polygons updated monthly at Xingu Observatory www.xingumais.org.br/observatorios/mapa
Sign up to receive the SIRAD X deforestation alerts published each month. Write us an e-mail at [email protected]
The SIRAD X Report is published every two months at Xingu+ Network Platform.(www.xingumais.org.br)
Latest shapefiles and reports are available at http://bit.ly/SIRADX
1 Senador José Porfírio2 Altamira3 São Félix do Xingu4 Peixoto de Azevedo5 Marcelândia6 União do Sul7 Cláudia8 Feliz Natal9 Querência10 Ribeirão Cascalheira11 Gaúcha do Norte12 Canarana13 Paranatinga
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Feliz NatalUnião do SulParanatinga
CanaranaRibeirão Cascalheira
MarcelândiaCláudia
Gaúcha do NortePeixoto de Azevedo
Nova UbiratãQuerência
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IN TOTAL, 78% OF THE DEFORESTATION IN MATO GROSSO WAS ILLEGAL.
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