The destruction of the world’s lungs was the second highest in the historical series for that period.
The deforestation of the brazilian amazon he came back to grow in marchclosing the first 100 days of Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with one of the worst indices of which there is a record, in a rise that environmental organizations hold responsible for the environmental deregulation that there was during the four years that he governed Jair Bolsonaro.
Between January and March of this year, the destruction of the brazilian amazon was the second highest in the historical series for that period, with 844 kilometers squares destroyed, only below the figure for 2022, when they were razed 941 square kilometers, according to official figures released this Friday by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
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After four years of the Bolsonaro government, which according to experts weakened regulations and environmental protection agenciesthe improvement in deforestation rates could delayevaluated the NGO Wildlife Brazil (WWF). “The data shows that there is a complex scenario in front of weakening control of the region and the speech favorable to illegality in recent years,” explained Mariana Napolitanoconservation manager of the NGO.
Since your choice, Lula promised to reverse the environmental policies of his predecessor and eradicate illegal deforestation. “Although the current government has shown its intention to combat deforestation very seriously, It will take time change the scenario,” added the expert from WWF-Brazil.
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On his first day in office, Lula signed a series of decrees annul measures harmful to the environmentCreate a working group to combat deforestation and reactivate the Amazon Fundan initiative financed with foreign donations that had been suspended since 2019.
Before assuming, he traveled to the climate summit in Egypt, where he was a special guest, and vowed to fight “very strong” against deforestationat the time that he proposed himself as host of the 2025 climate conference.
Source: Ambito
