Police officers check illegally logged timbers near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell about 27% in July from a year earlier for the first time in 15 months, even as clearing increased 34.5% over that period, according to preliminary data from space research agency INPE on Friday.
Destruction reached 1,654 square kilometers, down from 2,255 square kilometers in July 2019, the data showed.
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