{
  "id": 480327,
  "title": "Amazon deforestation falls 36.87% over past year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/amazon-deforestation-falls-36-87-over-past-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T14:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Agencia Brasil",
    "slug": "agencia-brasil",
    "url": "https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/meio-ambiente/noticia/2026-08/amazon-deforestation-falls-3687-over-past-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Deforestation in the Amazon fell by 36.87 percent from August 2025 to July 2026. The area under deforestation alerts totaled 2,874.38 km². This is the lowest figure since 2016, when the historical data series began. In the previous period, the area under alerts in the region totaled 4,495 km². The area under alert is 55.6 percent below the average for the last ten cycles, from 2015/2016 to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}