Overview
- PrevisIA projects 1,000 km² in Amazonas under deforestation risk in 2026, or 18% of the region’s threatened area, with Apuí and Lábrea ranked 4th and 6th among the most critical municipalities.
- Imazon’s Oct–Dec 2025 survey mapped 904 ten‑square‑kilometer cells with deforestation in or near protected lands across the Amazônia Legal, including 577 classified as external threat and 327 as internal pressure.
- State conservation units and Indigenous territories in Amazonas feature among the most pressured areas, with APA Nhamundá, APA Guajuma, and APA Caverna do Maroaga highlighted, alongside TIs Waimiri Atroari, Alto Rio Negro, Yanomami, Nhamundá‑Mapuera, Cué‑Cué/Marabitanas, and Andirá‑Marau.
- Ranking of most pressured areas places Resex Chico Mendes first, followed by APA Triunfo do Xingu and Resex Tapajós‑Arapiuns, while the most threatened by nearby clearing is Flona Saracá‑Taquera.
- In Pará, the Paru State Forest was the second most threatened state unit, putting at risk an 88.5‑meter angelim‑vermelho, the tallest known tree in Latin America.