the long awaited moment in Brazil is finally here as the Brazilian people elect a president who cares about the environment and the indigenous people of Brazil.
In the first day of his third mandate as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued measures to protect the Amazon and Indigenous people, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists as a reversal of an anti-environment-and-Indigenous era from predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
Effective Jan. 2, six decrees revoked or altered measures imposed by Bolsonaro’s administration, including the annulment of a decree that encouraged mining in Indigenous lands and protected areas, the resumption of plans to combat deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes and the resumption of the Amazon Fund, a pool of funding provided to Brazil by developed nations to finance a variety of programs aimed at halting deforestation that was stalled under Bolsonaro
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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/president-lulas-first-pro-environment-acts-protect-indigenous-people-and-the-amazon/




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Dear Edwin wangombe Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Lula is the president that we climate advocates have been wanting for Brazil's climate and environmental sobriety.
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Great start!
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A sigh of relief to Amazon forest, hays off!
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He has revived climate change restorations in Brazil.