"Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has welcomed world leaders to Belem for the first climate summit in the Amazon, where conservationists hope he can be a champion for the rainforest and its people. But with a divided administration, a hostile Congress and 20th-century developmentalist instincts, this global figurehead of the centre left has a balancing act to perform in advocating protection of nature and a reduction of emissions."
"Forest clearance in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen by 50% over the full three years of Lula's third term in office. The latest annual government figures show the smallest area of clearance in 11 years. This is largely thanks to Lula's environment minister, Marina Silva, who has applied robust measures to counter land invasions, illegal logging and wildcat mining. As a result, the Climate Observatory estimates Brazil's emissions have fallen by 16.7%,"
World leaders gathered in Belem for the first climate summit held in the Amazon. President Lula framed social development as a priority while calling for an energy transition and halting forest loss. The administration faces internal divisions, a hostile Congress and lingering developmentalist instincts that complicate environmental commitments. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen by about 50% over Lula's third term, with the smallest clearance area in 11 years. Environment minister Marina Silva implemented strong measures against land invasions, illegal logging and wildcat mining, contributing to emissions falling an estimated 16.7%. Simultaneously, government support for projects that open the Amazon to extractivism presents ongoing tensions between conservation goals and economic development.
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