Satellites track slowing deforestation in Brazil's Amazon

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell more than 40% from the previous year, reaching its lowest level since monitoring began in 1988. But fires rose more than 60% in August and September 2026 compared with the same months a year earlier.
Paulo Cabral reports from São José dos Campos on how Brazil's National Institute for Space Research uses CBERS satellites developed with China to track forest loss and send near-real-time alerts to environmental enforcement teams in the Amazon.