Associated Press via guardian.co.uk, November 28, 2012

"Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped to its lowest level in 24 years, the government said on Tuesday. For Marcio Astrini, Greenpeace coordinator in the Amazon region, the lower figures show that reducing deforestation is possible, but he added that "the numbers are still too high for a country that does not have to destroy one single hectare in order to develop."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/28/amazon-deforestation-record-low