The Brazilian Amazon is facing a deforestation boom with potentially new deforestation hotspots emerging. We have identified one of these hotspots at the margins of the BR-319, where bidding notices for paving this highway were recently announced in spite of having legal permission for it. Approximately 90% of the direct influence zone of this highway is composed of pristine vegetation, still extremely well preserved. No environmental impact study on the effects of this paving has been conducted in the most preserved part of the highway. From July to September, 2020, period after the publishing of the bidding notices, deforestation alerts and active fires have increased significantly in its direct influence zone. This suggests the absence of a clear strategy for the sustainable development and conservation of the Brazilian Amazon. Resuming and improving actions that significantly decreased deforestation and hold to account actors opposing environmental obligations is urgently needed.

巴西亚马逊正面临毁林热潮，可能出现新的毁林热点。我们已经在BR-319的边缘发现了一个热点，尽管获得了法律许可，最近还是宣布了铺设这条公路的招标公告。这条公路的直接影响区约有90％由原始植被组成，至今仍保存得非常完好。尚未在高速公路最完好的部分进行有关这种铺路影响的环境影响研究。从2020年7月至2020年9月，在招标公告发布后的这段时间里，其直接影响区的森林砍伐警报和活跃火灾显着增加。这表明缺乏针对巴西亚马逊地区可持续发展和保护的明确战略。