According to a report by Reuters, deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado increased by 3% to 11,022 square kilometres between August 2022 and July 2023. This marks the largest area deforested since 2015, with 75% of it occurring in the savanna of the states of Maranhao, Tocantins, Piaui, and Bahia, which is known as Matopiba. In recent years, soybean planting has surged in this region.

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