Brazil and Colombia are curbing destruction of Amazon rainforest
A deforested area on indigenous Xokleng land, illegally used by settlers to plant pine trees, in José Boiteux, Santa Catarina state, Brazil.
2024-04-07 词
But there are reasons for optimism too. Though the loss of 2,000 square kilometres is tragic, it represents a 24% reduction in deforestation on the previous year, when roughly 2,600 square kilometres of forest were destroyed. Brazil and Colombia did the most to curb deforestation, coinciding with their respective pro-environment presidents, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Gustavo Petro, taking office. Much more must be done to protect the Amazon, but it is encouraging that political will has made such a big difference on such a short timescale. Mr Petro and Lula, as he is known, were elected in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
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