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Top 10 deforestation champion municipalities

Know which are the municipalities in the Legal Amazon that most deforested between the years 2000 and 2019

Using the ranking chart tool available on our website, one can choose to visualize the evolution from 2000 onwards, of the 10 Brazilian municipalities with the largest deforested area (in km2). Respectively, São Felix do Xingu, Altamira, and Porto Velho appear at the top of the list.

The data used are compiled from INPE-PRODES through the  datazoom.amazonia package in R.

Do you want to explore more about the microdata of the Legal Amazon? See how by accessing our Github page here.