Brazil: land transformed for human purposes by state| ��ƽ��

Share of total land coverage transformed for human purposes in Brazil in 1985 and 2021, by state

Characteristic	1985	2021
Alagoas	70%	78%
Sergipe	69%	77%
São Paulo	75%	75%
Espírito Santo	71%	71%
�ʲ��á	68%	69%
�ҴǾ�á��	53%	65%
Rio de Janeiro	65%	63%
Minas Gerais	55%	60%
Mato Grosso do Sul	44%	59%
Distrito Federal	49%	55%
Santa Catarina	46%	52%
Rio Grande do Sul	35%	50%
Pernambuco	36%	46%
Rio Grande do Norte	31%	43%
�ʲ��í��	31%	42%
��ǲԻ�ô�Ծ��	8%	38%
Mato Grosso	13%	37%
Tocantins	16%	31%
�Ѳ��Գ�ã��	13%	29%
��𲹰�á	19%	26%
Bahia	33%	26%
�ʲ��á	5%	18%
�ʾ��í	10%	16%
Acre	3%	13%
Roraima	1%	6%
Amazonas	1%	2%
��á	1%	1%

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August 2022

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Brazil

Survey time period

1985 and 2021

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Between 1985 and 2021, 23 out of 27 states in Brazil increased their anthropic occupied area, meaning that these states saw a decrease on their natural coverage area. By comparison, only the state of Rio de Janeiro decreased its anthropic occupation, gaining two percent of natural coverage in the period in consideration. The states of Espírito Santo, ��á, and São Paulo remained stable.
Anthropic occupation designates the land occupied and modified by human activities to fulfill their basic needs. It can be areas that were transformed into urban settlements, as well as areas that were explored to retrieve minerals, goods, fuels, and others, therefore negatively impacting the environment.