This dataset comprises the maps and scripts used to generate these maps shown in Figures 2 and 5 of the article "Drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation". Please see Supplementary Information of the aforementioned publication for further details. Files are sorted by tags: *Auxiliary file/data*: files needed to run the scripts used to generate the maps in the article's Figures 2. *Code*: Scripts used to generate the maps in the article's Figures 2 and 5. *Data*: maps shown in the article's Figures 2 and 5. *Documentation*: explanatory files on how to use scripts. *Figure 2*: data explicitly shown in the article's Figure 2. *Figure 5*: data explicitly shown in the article's Figure 5. *2001-2018 droughts*: auxiliary data and scripts relative to extreme drought data shown in Fig. 2. *2001-2018 fire*: auxiliary file and scripts relative to burned area (fire) data shown in Fig. 2. *2050 projection*: scripts and data related to the projections presented in the article's Figure 5. *** Data on timber extraction shown in Figure 2 did not require the use of any script (see https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5425-2020). Scripts used to generate the area under edge effects in Figure 2 are available via https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01026-5.