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Environmentalists celebrate Lula's reelection in Brazil: 'The Amazon can breathe a sigh of relief' (www.pbs.org)
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Lula's government recently announced the lowest Amazon deforestation rate on record. However, he faces a Congress dominated by the far right and agribusiness interests, which often back measures weakening environmental protections.

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

for now, yeah. it's gonna be a long road to keep it that way.

[-] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

I mean, it's probably past the point of no return in terms of wildfires. Soon, like most forests in the world, they will be carbon sources instead of sinks.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

tbf, wildfires aren't a thing in the amazon rainforest.

criminal burning is though.

[-] pathos@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago

Wasn't the Amazon bought by a Swedish billionaire to preserve it? What happened to that?

[-] solo@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

From what I recall, this dude bought something like 1500 sq km. The amazon rain forest is 6-7 million sq km.

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