{"id":15024,"date":"2022-11-07T17:43:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/will-lula-re-elected-as-brazils-leader-once-again-succeed-in-reducing-deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:55:09","slug":"will-lula-re-elected-as-brazils-leader-once-again-succeed-in-reducing-deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/will-lula-re-elected-as-brazils-leader-once-again-succeed-in-reducing-deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Lula, re-elected as Brazil&#8217;s leader, once again succeed in reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-r1jaz2Irs tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"90px 0% 90px 0%\"}' data-padding-top='90px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-ryxi6M3Lrs\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-rkbiaz3LHi\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-B1MjTznLBs   \" ><style>.tatsu-B1MjTznLBs .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}.tatsu-B1MjTznLBs.tatsu-inline-text{margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px ;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">Lula&#8217;s commitment to return to the policies that have reduced forest loss is crucial, as Brazil is not only home to a large part of the Amazon rainforest, but is also one of the most biodiverse places on the planet.  <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">When Bolsonaro took office in 2019 he cut funding for environmental protection agencies, made environmental fines easier to ignore and encouraged his supporters to pursue illegal mining. Deforestation rates have started to soar again. Brazil has lost more than 12,000 square miles of Amazon jungle between 2019 and 2021.  <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px; font-family: Montserrat, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">If deforestation continues, the jungle could soon become a net emitter of greenhouse gases.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap align-block block-center  tatsu-rJofmnLBi   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/31\/climate\/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-climate.html?mc_cid=fcee506569&amp;mc_eid=7b752eac2b\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"NY Times (EN)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NY Times (EN)<\/a><style>.tatsu-rJofmnLBi .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(230,255,0,0.39);color: #ffffff ;border-width: 1px;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-row > .tatsu-rkbiaz3LHi.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}.tatsu-rkbiaz3LHi.tatsu-column > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-column-overlay{mix-blend-mode: none;}.tatsu-rkbiaz3LHi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-rkbiaz3LHi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-rkbiaz3LHi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-left-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-rkbiaz3LHi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-right-divider{z-index: 9999;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-section-background-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-section-background\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-section-overlay\"><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-r1jaz2Irs.tatsu-section{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);}.tatsu-r1jaz2Irs .tatsu-section-background{background-image: url(https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lula-Pre\u0301sident-Bre\u0301sil-De\u0301forestation-Amazone.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-r1jaz2Irs .tatsu-bg-blur{background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-r1jaz2Irs .tatsu-section-pad{padding: 90px 0% 90px 0%;}.tatsu-r1jaz2Irs > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-r1jaz2Irs > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-r1jaz2Irs .tatsu-section-overlay{background: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);mix-blend-mode: normal;}.tatsu-r1jaz2Irs .tatsu-fullscreen-wrap{align-items: center;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a knife-edge, Brazilian voters decided to re-elect former president Lula, who made the climate the cornerstone of his campaign by eliminating incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro, whose presidency was marked by a very sharp increase in deforestation. Lula declared in his victory speech: &#8220;Brazil is ready to resume its leading role in the fight against the climate crisis&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/will-lula-re-elected-as-brazils-leader-once-again-succeed-in-reducing-deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15032,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15024\/revisions\/15032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}