But even before that Brazil's deforestation rate had slumped.
Between 2003 and 2009, the deforestation rate of Amazonas, Brazil's most forested state, which has more rainforest than any country save Brazil itself, dropped by 70%.
Indonesia also has one of the world's highest deforestation rates, though it pledged a two-year moratorium on logging in May.
Brazil's leaders want a system to reward whole countries for bringing their deforestation rates down to pre-1990 levels and keeping them there.