What is going right: halting Amazon deforestation, plus more - Positive News
Deforestation in Brazil and Colombia has plummeted following changes in political leadership, according to analysis by the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) in partnership with the University of Maryland, US.
Tree loss in the Brazilian Amazon fell 39% when President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took the reins last year, the data showed. In Colombia, logging has fallen by almost half under premier Gustavo Petro.
