Will Lula be able to save the Amazon?

When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to power in January, he vowed to end deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.

Logging and desertification increased to a 15-year high under his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.

The new data released underscores the magnitude of the challenge facing his government.

Lula announced plans to renew the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, to promote the sustainable development of the Amazon basin.

But is the political will enough to end deforestation?

And what are the implications of the destruction of the Amazon?

Presenter: sami zeidan

Guests:

Karla Mendes – Investigative journalist at Mongabay

Ana Carolina Alfinito – Brazil legal advisor at Amazon Watch

Michael Jacobs – Professor of Political Economy at the University of Sheffield