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YearTotal Protected Terrestrial Area (ha)Percentage of the Biome* ProtectedPolitical Context and Territorial Drivers
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2004126.500.00030Launch of the PPCDAm action plan to halt the deforestation arc.
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2005143.000.00034Massive Conservation Unit decrees around the BR-163 highway.
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2006165.000.00039Record-breaking year for Federal and State National Forests.
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2007174.000.00041In-field physical demarcation and boundary validations.
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2008186.500.00044Ratification of large, structural Indigenous Territory complexes.
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2009193.000.00046Inclusion of new integrated sustainable-use mosaics.
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2010207.248.50049Milestone: Nearly half of the ecological forest biome becomes legally protected.
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2011207.300.00049Institutional stabilization and land-tenure regularizations.
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2012206.800.00049Net reduction of limits to accommodate Tapajós hydroelectric dams (PADDD).
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2013207.200.00049Spatial expansion pace drops radically across the core forest.
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2014207.700.00049Minor additions focused on riverside Extractive Reserves.
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2015207.800.00050Strong political pushback from agribusiness; demarcation stagnation.
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2016208.400.00050Strategic strict-protection decrees signed prior to presidential impeachment.
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2017208.200.00050Judicial rulings alter boundaries and downsize older reservations.
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2018208.700.00050Final federal environmental ratifications of the 2010s decade.
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2019208.500.00050Implementation of a practical moratorium on creating new reserves.
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2020208.460.00050Administrative standstill and increased local degradation pressures.
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2021208.460.00050Law enforcement focus on wildfires; zero new designated areas.
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2022208.460.00050Protection grid remains entirely static with no new land added.
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2023226.220.00054Resumption of frozen Indigenous claims and environmental decrees.
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2024227.520.00054New Sustainable-Use Conservation Units signed in high-risk zones.
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2025228.369.26054Consolidated Balance: Official land-firm record published by IBGE.
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Sources:
IBGE 2026 Áreas Protegidas na Amazônia Legal | Um retrato ambiental e estatístico (Rio de Janeiro: IBGE) Online: https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/livros/liv102222.pdf
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MMA 2026 Cadastro Nacional de Unidades de Conservacão Online: https://cnuc.mma.gov.br/powerbi%20%28
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Veríssimo A, Rolla A, Vedoveto M and Futada S M 2011 Áreas Protegidas na Amazônia Brasileira: avanços e desafios (Belém/São Paulo: Imazon e ISA)
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MapBiomas 2026 MapBiomas Amazonia Online: https://amazonia.mapbiomas.org/en/
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