Rest of World News: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also signed the creation of two Indigenous territories totaling 207,000 hectares (511,000 acres) - more than twice
The “Brazilian Amazon crisis” has intensified in recent years. Click to read more. Deforestation is one of the growing environmental issues worldwide, with urban populations and infrastructural projects gradually expanding to once untouched wooded lands with a vast array of natural habitats and wildlife ecosystems.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Joe Biden met in Washington this week. But whatever they discussed, the top of their agenda should be filled by a push for collaboration on energy production, the prevention of deforestation, and countering China’s Belt and Road Initiative.