Map with land tanure distribution in the Legal Amazon – protected areas, private properties, undesignated public lands, rural settlements – based in 2018 data.
Amazon in flames 8 – Deforestation, fire and ranching on public lands
Public lands, which include indigenous lands (ILs), conservation units (CUs) and undesignated public land, occupy about 276 million hectares in the Amazon biome - if it were a European country, it would only be smaller in territory than Russia. These areas are...