Under Lula, Amazon Deforestation Is Down by a Third

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva campaigned on a promise to stop the deforestation of the Amazon that had accelerated under former president Jair Bolsonaro. The early results are promising. Deforestation dropped 33.6 percent during the first six months of Lula’s term, according to government satellite data released this week. The new data present […]