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Brazil's Lula puts Ukraine peace on his agenda in China

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva departed Brazil on Tuesday for an official visit to China, where he aims to convince President Xi Jinping to form a group of nations to mediate an end to Russia's war with Ukraine.

Reuters

Record deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest shows challenge facing Lula

Satellites show record destruction for the month of February as new government tries to undo damage wreaked under Bolsonaro

The Guardian - US

U.S. Climate envoy Kerry meeting authorities in Brazil

The U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry on Tuesday was holding his second day of meetings with Brazilian government officials, executives and lawmakers to discuss details of planned environmental actions

The Independent UK

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‘A war society doesn’t see’: the Brazilian force driving out mining gangs from Indigenous lands

An elite unit is on a mission to expel the illegal miners who devastated Yanomami territory during Bolsonaro’s presidency

The Guardian - UK

Brazil floods leave cutoff survivors scrambling for supplies

Hundreds of residents of a rain-battered region in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state are scrambling to find water and daily supplies after floods and mudslides cut off their communities and left at least 48 people dead

The Independent UK

Investigate Bolsonaro for genocide, says Brazil’s Marina Silva

Exclusive: Environment minister calls for ex-president to be held to account as she prepares to tackle illegal gold miners

The Guardian - UK

Brazil authorities probe Amazon ties to capital attacks

An investigation into anti-democratic protests and a recent attack on Brazil's capital is centering in part on areas along an important highway that goes through the Amazon

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Germany pledges $222 million for Brazil environment, Amazon

Germany announced on Monday that it would make 204 million euros ($222 million) available for environmental policies in Brazil

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula seeks to reverse Amazon deforestation

Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil’s incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency’s headquarters — even its coffee room — as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing.

France 24

Brazil's new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation

Environmentalists, Indigenous people and voters sympathetic to their causes were important to Luiz Inácio da Silva's election to a third term as Brazil's president

The Independent UK

Lula's environmental challenge

For environmental protections in Brazil, a long rebuilding process lies ahead

Salon

Davos 2023: Brazil lacking world aid to fight climate change-Silva

Brazil's Environment Minister, Marina Silva, said on Tuesday that international investments have not materialized as contributions to help her country reduce deforestation in the Amazon and contribute to fighting global climate change.

Reuters

Brazil to reinforce fiscal, democratic and environmental commitments, says Haddad

Brazil's delegation arrived at the World Economic Forum (WEF) with a commitment to defend democracy and the sustainability of both its public accounts and the environment, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday.

Reuters

After the rampage: Brazil’s new leaders to fight hard in wake of ‘insane’ coup attempt

Lula’s government claims it has ‘absolute control’ after storming of capital by Bolsonaro supporters, but failed putsch is not over, say insiders

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Brazil’s Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Amazon activist Marina Silva

Reuters

Brazil's Lula gives Marina Silva, Simone Tebet key cabinet roles

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday announced a final batch of 16 cabinet members ahead of his Jan. 1 inauguration, including some allies outside of his leftist Workers Party as he seeks to build a broader coalition.

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Amazon activist Marina Silva as environment minister

The Independent UK

Days before new president, old divisions tearing at Brazil

Trumpets and snares will play Brazil’s national anthem at Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s swearing-in on Jan. 1

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The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom

Brazil's incoming president has promised to eliminate all deforestation by 2030, which would be a complete change of course for Brazil compared to the last four years

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula taps 16 ministers ahead of inauguration

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed 16 ministers just over a week before he takes office

The Guardian - UK

Seven reasons to be cheerful about the Amazon in 2023 – and three to be terrified

The electoral defeat of Jair Bolsonaro by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is good news for world’s largest rainforest, but the situation remains perilous

The Guardian - US

Six months after Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira were murdered, the Amazon remains unsafe for activists

Activists are cautiously hopeful that the incoming president will bring relief to Bolsonaro’s forest-wrecking administration

Reuters

Brazil's Lula courts U.K., U.S. to join Amazon rainforest protection fund

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is asking Britain, France, the United States and others to donate to an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest, a bulwark against climate change, Lula advisers said on Tuesday.

ABC News

Brazil's Lula promises new day for Amazon, crackdown on illegal deforestation, at COP27

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will step up efforts to fight illegal deforestation - but faces a challenge in delivering environmental protections alongside economic development.

The Independent UK

At climate summit, Brazil's Lula says deforestation to stop

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to combat deforestation when he assumes office on Jan. 1

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