Cattle-driven clearing continues in Brazil's Triunfo do Xingu protected area
by Liz Kimbrough on 16 April 2021
Forest loss in Brazil’s lush Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area marches on, driven largely by a hunger for beef, emboldened land grabbers, and a lack of law enforcement.
Triunfo do Xingu lies in the ecologically rich Xingu Basin in the Brazilian Amazon and spans some 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) — an area more than half the size of Belgium.
The area came into federal protected status in 2006. Within its bounds, landowners are required to keep 80% of forests intact. The protected area was created not only to preserve the flora and fauna within, but also to serve as a protective buffer for vulnerable surrounding areas, such as the Apyterewa Indigenous Territory and the Terra do Meio Ecological Station
However, despite its protected status, the area has been heavily deforested, losing 476,000 hectares (1.18 million acres) of humid primary forest between 2006 and 2020, according to satellite data from the University of Maryland (UMD), a 32% decrease in total forest cover.
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