The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen significantly since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, as revealed by data released today from Brazil’s national space research institute, INPE. The area of deforestation detected by INPE’s forest monitoring system amounted to 2,649 square kilometers in the first half of … Continue reading Six months into Lula’s presidency, Amazon deforestation is dropping rapidly