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I posted a thread back in January about how Lula da Silva's return to power is good news for the world, not just for Brazil (https://social.coop/users/dynamic/statuses/109619913139314834), but I'm impressed that the shift in Amazon conservation has been so rapid.

Slowing deforestation of the Amazon is indeed something to celebrate, but there are some important caveats.

First, slower deforestation is still deforestation. We should be aiming for none and working toward letting the forest come back. We aren't there yet.

Second, Bolsonaro was actively working to promote deforestation activities, so improvement relative to the Bolsonaro regime is a bit of a low bar.

Still, the rapid progress is impressive.

Lula's electoral victory was terrifyingly narrow, and this month Brazil's Congress passed legislation undermining Lula's progress toward re-empowering indigenous land-defenders: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/outcry-as-brazil-congress-overrides-president-to-revive-anti-indigenous-law/