The deforestation rate in the Amazon forests in Brazil has dropped to its lowest level since 2015, official Brazilian data revealed on Wednesday.

Government data showed that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 30.6 percent in the twelve months up to July compared to the same period the previous year, marking the smallest area destroyed in the world's largest rainforest in nine years.

The Brazilian Space Research Agency released data indicating the destruction of approximately 6,288 square kilometers of the Amazon rainforest.

Scientists consider protecting the Amazon rainforest vital for mitigating climate change due to the enormous amount of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, that its trees absorb.

In the meantime, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has been in office for nearly two years, pledged to strengthen the enforcement of environmental laws to reduce deforestation, a practice that expanded significantly during the tenure of his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.

Moreover, Marina Silva, the Environment Minister, stated, "What we have accomplished here today is the result of our labor."

Due to the heavy cloud cover during the rainy season from November to April, we did not measure these data according to the regular calendar, making this the first complete annual estimate during Lula's term.

Deforestation in the Amazon has decreased by about half compared to the last full year of Bolsonaro's presidency.

Lula pledged to eliminate deforestation practices in the country by 2030.