Overview

• Brazil’s Atlantic Forest lost 8,109 hectares in the first quarter of 2025, a 42% decrease from a year earlier, while detected incidents rose slightly to 1,047 from 1,022.
• The nationwide Operação Mata Atlântica em Pé identified 12.3 thousand hectares deforested and levied R$116 million in penalties.
• Paraná ranked fourth in area inspected, with 1,377 hectares flagged and R$9 million in fines, trailing Minas Gerais, Piauí and Ceará.
• Bahia, Minas Gerais and Piauí led first‑quarter losses; deforestation increased in Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraíba and Santa Catarina and fell sharply in Piauí and Mato Grosso do Sul.
• Inspectors revisiting past cases found continued irregular planting instead of recovery, and authorities said responsible parties must submit regeneration plans as daily monitoring continues.