Lula's government could reverse the explosion of deforestation inherited from Bolsonaro.
In his inaugural address, President Lula promised to face the challenge of combating deforestation.
247 - Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon (PRODES) are measured every twelve months, from August 1st of one year to July 30th of the following year. Monitoring is carried out via satellite systems by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
Data already obtained from deforestation alerts show that in the last months of August/December alone, a stage of PRODES 2022/2023 dubbed the "Bolsonaro period," forest destruction in the biome has already reached an area equivalent to approximately 4.800 football fields.
The second half of the same PRODES program, January/July 2023, will be called the "Lula/Marina period," and for the first time since January 2019, IBAMA inspectors will be in the field without the declared enemies who occupied the Presidential Palace until 2022.
The government program that emerged victorious from the 2022 elections indicates a recovery of environmental management focused on sustainable development, a commitment expressed by Lula even abroad.
Behind the scenes, the new government is already working with information that, in order to achieve a quick turnaround in the Amazon, the civil servants working in IBAMA's inspection department are waiting for the appointment of trustworthy, experienced leaders with ties to the category.
The expectation of the agency's workers is to boost morale after years of suffering attacks, and to obtain guarantees to create and implement environmental protection actions commensurate with the challenge facing the country.
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