TABLE I - DEFORESTED AREA IN BRAZILIAN LEGAL AMAZONIA 
FROM COMPREHENSIVE LANDSAT MSS AND TM SURVEYS 
deforested area in square kilometer 
(percentage of area of state) 
STATE 
area of state 
(sq.km) 
JAN 1978 
APR 1988 
AUG 1989 
ACRE 
153,698 
2,464 (1.6%) 
7,292 
(4.7%) 
8,836 
(5.7%) 
AMAPA 
142,359 
167 (0.1%) 
781 
(0.5%) 
1,016 
(0.7%) 
AMAZONAS 
1,567,954 
1,725 (0.1%) 
18,565 
(1.2%) 
21,584 
(1.4%) 
MARANHAO 
260,233 
6,076 (2.3%) 
24,451 
(9.4%) 
30,840 
(11.9%) 
(in addition to "old" c 
eforestation: 57,824 
sq.km or 22.2%) 
MATO GROSSO 
802,403 
20,005 (2.5%) 
71,414 
(8.9%) 
79,594 
(9.9) 
parA 
1,246,833 
16,525 (1.3%) 
88,535 
(7.1%) 
99,786 
(8.0%) 
(in addition to "old" c 
eforestation: 39,819 
sq.km or 3.2%) 
ROND6NIA 
238,379 
4,242 (1.8%) 
29,678 
(12.4%) 
31,476 
(13.2%) 
RORAIMA 
225,017 
132 (0.1%) 
2,745 
(1.2%) 
3,621 
(1.6%) 
TOCANTINS 
269,911 
3,166 (1.2%) 
20,959 
(7.8%) 
22,327 
(8.3%) 
LEGAL AMAZONIA 
4,906,784 
54,502 (1.1%) 
264,421 
(5.4%) 
299,079 
(6.1%) 
(in addition to "old" <j 
eforestation: 97,643 
sq.km or 2.0%)