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Mato Grosso, BrazilJurisdictional indicators brief
State area: 903,378 km² (10.61% of Brazil)Original forest area:
520,033 km²Current forest area (2019): 314,770 km² (34.8% of Mato
Grosso)Yearly deforestation (2019) 1,702 km²Yearly deforestation
rate (2019) 0.54%Interannual deforestation change(2018-2019)
+14%
Accumulated deforestation (2001-2019): 69,082 km²Protected
conservation areas: 40,464 km² (4.5% of Mato Grosso)Carbon stocks
(2015): 3,095 millions tons (above ground biomass)Representative
crops (2018): Soybean (31,608,562 tons); Maize (26,172,540 tons);
Sugarcane (20,433,828
tons)Value of agricultural production (2016): $7,989,997,431
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sustainability
Index: Forest and people | Deforestation | Burned area
|Emissions from deforestation | Livestock | Agriculture |
Aquaculture
Forest and peopleIn 2019, the estimated area of tropical forest
in the state of Mato Grosso was 314,770 km2, equivalentto 34.8% of
the state’s total area, and to 9.9% of the tropical forest
remaining in the nine states of theBrazilian legal Amazon. The
total accumulated forest lost during the period 2001-2019 was
69,082 km2,equivalent to 17.6% of the forest area remaining in
2001. Mato Grosso concentrated about 8.3% of thecarbon reserves
stored in the biomass of the Brazilian tropical forest (about 3,095
mt C as of 2019).
34.8% of the state is covered with forest
9.9% of Brazilian tropical forest area
8.3% of Brazilian tropical forest carbon stock
a
34.8%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2001 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1901 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1901 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
2019
No forest (%) Deforestation (%) Forest (%)
b
Figure 1: a) forest share and b) transition of forest to
deforestation over the last years
There were 3.5 million people living in Mato Grosso as of 2020,
distributed in 19 municipalities, with0.6 million people living in
the capital city of Cuiabá. The state has formally designated
conservationareas and indigenous territories, which respectively
represent 4% and 16% of the state. There were anestimated 43,226
indigenous people living in the state in 2010 (see Figure 2).
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DeforestationMato Grosso reduced its yearly deforestation rate
rapidly after the maximum of 2004 (11,814 km2).Deforestation
decreased rapidly till 2012 when it reached 757 km2 and has
remained more or less stableafter 2015 with an average yearly
deforestation of 1,568.6km2. The deforestation in the state of
MatoGrosso in 2019 was 1,702 km2. While deforestation in the
Brazilian legal Amazon in 2019 saw the largestinterannual increase
in the last decade (34%), the deforestation in Mato Grosso
increased at a slower rate(14%). Mato Grosso continued having the
second largest deforestation area among Brazilian states
andconcentrating 17% of the total deforestation in the legal Amazon
in 2019. The deforestation rate in thestate in 2019 was 0.54%,
larger than the average of the legal Amazon states in 2019 (0.43%).
The analysisof deforestation in Cerrado (2018), which represents
28% of the state area (see Figure 3).
The state’s current deforestation is 78% below the reference
baseline 1996-2005, and 64% below thereference baseline
1996-2015.
39% of the deforestation is located in the top 5 most affected
municipalities in the state (see Figure 4).The municipality of
Colniza have consistently registered the largest loss of tropical
forest, reaching amaximum of 566 km2 in 2004. In 2019 the
municipality of Colniza continued being the municipality withthe
largest yearly deforestation.
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10,405
2,678
1,120 1,601 1,702
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17 18
2019
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Cerrado deforestation Amazon deforestation Average 3−year
deforestation Deforestation baseline
Figure 3: Yearly deforestation (𝑘𝑚2) and deforestation
baseline
0 50 100
150
Km2
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198
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2005
2010
2015
2020
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Figure 4: a) Yearly deforestation by municipalities in 2019 b)
Yearly deforestation in top 10 most affectedmunicipalities
(𝑘𝑚2)
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Table 1: Forest and deforestation indicators in the state of
Mato GrossoYear Forest (km2) Deforestation Deforestation rate (%)
Annual variation (%)2001 381,786 7,703 2.02 20.92002 374,638 7,892
2.11 2.52003 364,731 10,405 2.85 31.82004 353,926 11,814 3.34
13.52005 343,579 7,145 2.08 -39.52006 335,056 4,333 1.29 -39.42007
332,464 2,678 0.81 -38.22008 329,883 3,258 0.99 21.72009 326,434
1,049 0.32 -67.82010 325,605 871 0.27 -172011 324,824 1,120 0.35
28.62012 323,757 757 0.23 -32.42013 322,962 1,139 0.35 50.52014
321,856 1,075 0.33 -5.62015 320,751 1,601 0.50 48.92016 319,259
1,489 0.47 -72017 317,876 1,561 0.49 4.82018 316,261 1,490 0.47
-4.52019 314,770 1,702 0.54 14.2
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Burned areaAccording to the NASA-USGS analysis of MODIS
satellite observations, the average yearly burned areain Mato
Grosso was 38,623 km2 for the period 2010-2020. This figure
includes burned areas due to fires inforest, savannahs and opened
agricultural areas. The burned area in 2019 was 47,486 km2 and the
worstyear in the last decade was 2010 with 100,690 km2 burned. In
most years, the months of September andAugust represented the peak
of the fire season (see Figure 5).
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1,253
1,975
1,494
1,315
902
1,963
2,320
370
1,232
1,447
506
58
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349
599
769
1,064
786
2,519
830
204
678
605
293
855
877
1,791
109
2,456
1,857
553
1,284
1,018
214
824
827
1,347
117
606
291
599
1,068
412
1,097
1,573
1,982
722
2,278
988
1,559
1,212
194
790
1,238
1,658
1,067
887
281
2,473
1,973
933
1,005
956
616
829
183
953
994
292
929
1,215
1,953
613
941
354
428
2,260
1,319
251
1,023
1,009
1,173
2,588
2,619
1,272
542
1,167
832
279
1,491
1,739
2,326
2,412
2,410
1,705
8,528
6,380
25,478
48,275
4,551
12,085
11,813
18,136
6,031
8,595
6,075
9,402
8,771
6,180
6,902
15,275
3,460
4,457
11,766
10,906
4,037
7,268
28,907
4,036
9,101
12,047
20,584
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22,507
47,486
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60,000
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2019
year
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analysis of MODIS-MCD64
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Emissions from deforestationThe accumulated emissions from
deforestation in the state of Mato Grosso between 2000 and 2019
amountto 3,235 million tons of CO2eq, which was equivalent to 25.1%
of the total emissions from deforestationin the legal Amazon during
this period. Considering the observed yearly deforestation, the
mean carbondensity of the state’s forest and the business as usual
deforestation baseline, the accumulated gross avoidedemissions from
deforestation during the period from 2006 to 2019 was 3,018 million
tons of CO2eq. Thisresults from summing avoided emissions during
the period from 2006 to 2019 in which the deforestationwas lower
than the business as usual deforestation baseline.
456.92
34.3243.36
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223.68
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2019
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emissions (right) (CO2eq Millions tons)
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Livestock
Table 2: Livestock indicators in Mato Grosso
Cattle Pig Poultry FishYear 2018 2018 2018 2015Herd size:
30,199,598 2,945,416 60,394,411Slaughtered heads: 5,219,350
2,497,715 215,717,180Meat production(tons):
1,393,786 224,400 522,938
Value (thousands): R$379,284BRL
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2018
Yearly cattle herd size in the state of Mato Grosso
(2000−2018)
Yearly cattle meat output in terms of slaughtered heads and meat
production (thousand tons) in the state of Mato Grosso
(2000−2018)
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Agriculture
9,4388,614
5,8316,107
3,121
31.61
26.28
17.9615.28
9.53
4,4173,331
1,6631,044
536
26.17
15.34
8.18 6.13
1.74
284 276 213 206 167
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Sugarcane
Maize
Soybean
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
2018
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2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
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Crop production (M
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Crop production (Millions tons) Harvested area (Thousand
hectares)
Figure 7: Harvested area and production of the three crops most
produced in Mato Grosso
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AquacultureThe plot shows the aquaculture production in the
state of Mato Grosso over the last 6 years and the valueof this
production. The data includes production of fish such as Skunk
catfish, Tiger shovelnose catfish,Tambaqui or Tilapia and includes
only activities related with fish farming under controlled
conditions.Does not include fishing activities.1
221
392
33,975
75,630
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
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400
2018
2017
2016
2015
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alue in local prices (million $R
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Production (Tons) Value in local prices (million $R)
Figure 8: Yearly aquaculture production (tons) and value of
production (Reales) in Mato Grosso
2000
4000
6000
8000
Tons
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923
691
455
28
1,711
685
2,442
2,415
1,075
1,365
2,135
1,584
1,459
1,033
951
870
1,413
656
697
780
1,396
1,651
1,717
506
766
727
679
704
462
420
417
435
42
144
455
96
478
169
165
27
8,881
8,465
7,916
5,681
2,534
14,083
6,177
6,488
7,387
10,680
21,000
21,524
2,561
3,251
2,708
2,901 4,572
7,331
3,112 2,968
2014
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2018
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Figure 9: a) Yearly aquaculture production (tons) in
municipalities of Mato Grosso in 2018. b) Yearly
aquacultureproduction by municipalities (Tons)
1The value of production don’t include the class Shellfish
seeds, Shrimp, Shrimp larvae and post-larvae, Oysters, scallopsand
mussels, Other products (frog, alligator, crab, lobster, etc.) and
Alevinos.
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