MONITORING THE AMAZON

The Amazon's Vital Signs

Visualise as:

In 2024 alone

7.0M ha

of tree cover lost (all causes)

9,855,764

soccer pitches

27,002 pitches every single day of 2024

up 71.5% from 2023

Since 2001 — cumulative

97.4M ha

of tree cover lost across 24 years

136,403,247

soccer pitches

That's one pitch lost every 6 seconds for 24 years straight

Of 2024's total, 1.7M ha was primary forest deforestation and 2.8M ha was fire damage.

Hansen/UMD Global Forest ChangePrimary forest: MAAP #229, UMD/GLAD
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THE CARBON COST

When forests are destroyed, the carbon stored in trees and soil is released as CO₂ — accelerating climate change.

Make it real:

In 2024 alone

3.0 Gt CO₂

released from tree cover loss

3,018,405,418

return flights london–nyc

8,269,604 flights worth of CO₂ released every day of 2024

up 40.4% from 2023

2001-2024 — cumulative

48.7 Gt CO₂

total gross emissions from Amazon deforestation

48,717,953,325

return flights london–nyc

6.1 return flights per person alive today

Top emitters in 2024

🇧🇷 Brazil
2.0 Gt65%
🇧🇴 Bolivia
577.6 Mt19%
🇵🇪 Peru
164.3 Mt5%
GFW/UMD Carbon Flux Composite

24 Years of Amazon Tree Cover Loss

Annual confirmed loss across all 9 Amazon nations

Hansen/UMD, 30% threshold

Peak Year

2024

7,039,832 ha

Lowest Year

2013

2,606,655 ha

24-Year Total

97,430,891 ha

2001-2024

🇧🇷 Brazil's Share

75.3%

of all Amazon tree cover loss

2004PPCDAm launched
2013Historic low
2019Policy reversal

How Much Has Been Lost?

Since 2001, satellites have detected tree cover loss across 97.4M hectares — roughly 17.7% of the Amazon biome.

~17%
20%
25%
Total loss to date
Tipping point zone
⚠️

Roughly 3 percentage points from the tipping point

Scientists estimate that 2025% total loss could trigger an irreversible transition from rainforest to savanna.

Hansen/UMD + Lovejoy & Nobre (2018)
SWITCHING TO LIVE DATA

The annual data above is verified but delayed. Below: live satellite detections of probable forest disturbance, updated daily.

Live Forest Disturbance Monitor

GLAD + RADD + VIIRS
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