Between 30 June and 28 September 2026, satellite alert systems recorded 111,920 high-confidence deforestation alerts across a watch tile near Nova Maringá, Mato Grosso, covering 1,346.7 hectares. An independent optical check using Sentinel-2 imagery supports it: median greenness (NDVI) across the tile fell by -0.165 between 16 May and 28 September, with 100% of pixels usable in both composites — so cloud is not hiding the picture here.
What this is not: the alerts cannot tell clearing apart from fire, storm damage, selective logging or plantation harvest, and none of it speaks to who acted or whether it was lawful. Conditions argue for caution too — a strong El Niño (ONI 1.8) can push vegetation indices down through drought alone, and the tile is already 31.3% converted land, where regrowth and harvest cycles mimic loss. Notably, alert density here is 0.721× the surrounding 25 km ring, so this tile is quieter than its neighbourhood.
What would change our mind: high-resolution imagery showing burn scars or standing-but-stressed canopy, fire-detection records for the window, or concession and protected-area layers reframing the event.
Written by AI, then checked by a separate reviewer before publication. Every claim points at the evidence below.