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Amazon deforestation dropped 34 percent, reversing trend (www.pbs.org)
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Lula campaigned last year with pledges to rein in illegal logging and undo the environmental devastation under former President Jair Bolsonaro.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Progress, but 66% is still happening. Let's hope he manages to stop it completely

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, the article headline is misleading - the trend that is reversed is the accelerating rate of deforestation, not the rate of deforestation itself.

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