Peru lost 137,976 hectares of its Amazon forests in 2021, a 32 percent decrease compared to 2020, the Ministry of Environment (Minam) reported Sunday.
The data were obtained as part of Minam's National Program for Forest Conservation to Combat Climate Change, in collaboration with the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (Serfor) of the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation.
Blanca Arce, the executive coordinator of the Forest Program, said in a press release that the studies had allowed a "significant reduction" in forest loss in at least 14 Amazon departments of this South American country.
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