The rate of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon halved in 2023 compared to the previous year, space agency data suggests. Brazil's environment ministry said it was the lowest recorded deforestation rate in the last five years. Data showed 5,153 square kilometres (1,989.6 sq miles) of the Amazon were cleared in 2023, down from 10,278 square kilometres in 2022. Although years of destruction in the rainforest has left an area more than six times the size of New York City deforested. Cre: bbcnews